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Clinton administration "fixes" GPS

updated 08:44 pm EDT, Tue May 2, 2000

 
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At midnight last night, the Unites States disabled its intentional degradation of GPS signals available to the public. Known as Selective Availability (SA), the degradation feature was put in place to protect US military and government interests, but with changing times President Clinton and his cabinet "realized that worldwide transportation safety, scientific, and commercial interests could best be served by discontinuation of SA." This means that civilian users of GPS will be able to pinpoint locations up to ten times more accurately.


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