Southeast US GPS Users

[The Beep Goes On]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/20/faa-warns-of-ongoing-gps-issues-in-southeastern-us-due-to-defens/

FAA warns of ongoing GPS issues in southeastern US due to Defense Department 'tests'
by Donald Melanson
Jan 20th 2011 2:53PM

Don't panic, but anyone planning on using GPS in the southeastern US for the next month or so will likely want to make sure they have a fallback option. That's according to a flight advisory just issued by the FAA, which warns pilots that their GPS signal "may be unreliable or unavailable" due to "GPS tests" that the Department of Defense will be conducting between January 20th and February 22nd. Details are fairly light beyond that, but the FAA does note that when the "tests" occur they will be active for 45 minutes, and be followed by 15 minutes of off time -- additional notices to pilots will apparently be issued at least 24 hours prior to any test. Of course, while this particular advisory is directed at pilots, it will presumably will also affect all other GPS devices, as the FAA doesn't mention any GPS issues specific to aviation. The real question, however, is just what those mysterious "GPS tests" are -- if they're, in fact, GPS tests at all...

 

[Cappy Z.]

I see a military accident coming down. Too many variables too few brain cells. Just my opinion.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

I was thinking... "As if the Bermuda Triangle wasn't bad enough."

 

[spartacus53]

It appears they want to be able to "fool" other unfriendly systems that may wander into our airspace. Consider them moving any major city into a remote area, or the sea by the stoke of a few keys... Washington DC will now be located somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Major cities in the Midwest would dump into one of the Great Lakes, LA into the Pacific Ocean, etc..... The foreign systems would automatically adjust to their new settings.

 

[The Beep Goes On]

It appears they want to be able to "fool" other unfriendly systems that may wander into our airspace. Consider them moving any major city into a remote area, or the sea by the stoke of a few keys... Washington DC will now be located somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. Major cities in the Midwest would dump into one of the Great Lakes, LA into the Pacific Ocean, etc..... The foreign systems would automatically adjust to their new settings.

I believe that could be a partial reason concerning the voluntary global hosting of the technology.