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>"The original GPS opened up with horrible accuracy" When GPS launched more than thirty years ago, the accuracy for civilians was within 330 feet, made univers
by sickofparadox 2y ago
>"The original GPS opened up with horrible accuracy"
When GPS launched more than thirty years ago, the accuracy for civilians was within 330 feet, made universally accessible at no additional cost to everyone in the world at a cost of 12 billion dollars. That's a pretty darn good gift if I've ever seen one. Also India does not have a global satellite navigation system, only a regional one.
- modeless 2y agoNot only that, the US government stopped limiting accuracy in 2000. Long before any alternative was available publicly or globally. It's questionable whether other systems would have been made free if GPS hadn't set the example. It was absolutely a gift to the world and it's incredible the backflips people will turn to try to minimize it.