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This article is another that calls it a "GPS." Which it very specifically isn't: it's a local positioning system. It doesn't do what GPS does (give you an absol
by roywiggins 12y ago
This article is another that calls it a "GPS." Which it very specifically isn't: it's a local positioning system. It doesn't do what GPS does (give you an absolute location) and it does a lot more than GPS (tells you what the place means to you).
It's just a terrible metaphor, alongside "eyes are like cameras," "the brain is like a computer," etc.
- th0br0 12y agoI wonder why this comment got so many downvotes. I also disagree with the description of the system being a GPS. Relating local positions to your surroundings might provide you with a relatively accurate position from a world-perspective depending on your mind, but it's not "hey - we've got these N external positioning inputs and we can calculate our position using them."