From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 3 10:54:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from relay01.chello.nl (smtp.chello.nl [212.83.68.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6631737B513 for ; Wed, 3 May 2000 10:54:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@chello.nl) Received: from chello.nl ([213.46.78.184]) by relay01.chello.nl (InterMail vK.4.02.00.00 201-232-116 license 199f3c0039bf924253955fca0afeedcc) with ESMTP id <20000503175429.IZGJ16343.relay01@chello.nl>; Wed, 3 May 2000 19:54:29 +0200 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by chello.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA01185; Wed, 3 May 2000 19:54:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 19:54:12 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Matthew Dillon Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPS heads up Message-ID: <20000503195412.C846@jedi.wbnet> Reply-To: wc.bulte@chello.nl References: <200005031744.KAA63550@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200005031744.KAA63550@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Wed, May 03, 2000 at 10:44:50AM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, May 03, 2000 at 10:44:50AM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > Ok, this has nothing to do with FreeBSD, but I just had to post > something since nobody else has. > > By presidential order, on May 1 the error introduced into the GPS > system, called 'SA', was turned off. > > This means that your GPS receivers are now around 5-10 times more accurate > then they were before May 1st. > > And I have to say, I am totally amazed! My handheld Garmin now > tells me that it is accurate to 14 feet, rather then 100 ft. It is > so accurate now that I can tell which side of the street I'm on! Just don't be so amazed and bump into the nearest McD recycling truck ;-) But yes: this is cool.. -- Wilko Bulte Powered by FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org http://www.tcja.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message