GPS problems next year ?

[bobgosling]

GPS & solar flare article in New Scientist

Time to brush up on the "manual" navigation skills ?

 

[flaming]

Eh?
Since when is 2011 next year?

 

[ccscott49]

I think next year is 2007, not 2011, unless I've over hibernated again!

 

[tome]

Relax, this happens every 11 years and Armageddon hasn't yet ocurred

It is a problem in certain geographic areas where it also disrupts the predicted ionospheric models. We can get round this by using dual-frequency receivers but they are a bit expensive for the everage yottie

 

[Boathook]

They forecast something similar a few years ago. GPS kept working all the time.

 

[kengill]

Nah. Differential GPS just keeps right on working

 

[Athene V30]

As this happens every 11 years and the next time is 2011 can anyone remember any problems in 2000? I can't!

Maybe GPS won't put me alongside the pontoon in 2011 - just 10 yards off!

 

[tome]

You won't see many problems up here in our latitudes, it's more prevalent in equitorial regions. We did see some problems with the ionospheric models and had to go to dual-frequency receivers in some areas

 

[Alex_Blackwood]

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As this happens every 11 years and the next time is 2011 can anyone remember any problems in 2000? I can't!

Maybe it was overshadowed by Millenium Doom!

 

[oceanfroggie]

Don't worry about the solar sun, it's the son of Shrub senior that's more likely to affect GPS - "W"

 

[DanTribe]

Oooh good.
Something else to worry about.

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

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Don't worry about the solar sun, it's the son of Shrub senior that's more likely to affect GPS - "W"

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At which time a lot of folk, including me, will be facing the prospect of consuming their own hats, sans ketchup. A lot of commercial ships and aircraft will get lost and writs will fly like flocks of starlings.