Anyone experiencing GPS errors since tsunami?

**frodobaggins** · 01-19-2005, 05:15 AM

The tsunami didn't move anything except people and houses.

Now the earthquake that caused it moved some things a little.

**stevieg** · 01-19-2005, 05:35 AM

Wouldn't the US military or whoever runs GPS just re-calibrate the GPS satellites slightly to counter-act the change if any?

Or would GPS still give you an accurate reading... And it would be just the maps that were now in the 'wrong place'

Scuse me if I'm just being stupid

**Scouse Monkey** · 01-19-2005, 11:16 AM

Well i heard that the Earth was so thrown off it's axis that we are actually spiralling towards the sun and only have 23years, 14days, 3 hours left.......

**frodobaggins** · 01-19-2005, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey

Well i heard that the Earth was so thrown off it's axis that we are actually spiralling towards the sun and only have 23years, 14days, 3 hours left.......

Party !

**wizardPC** · 01-19-2005, 04:26 PM

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**rando** · 01-19-2005, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Scouse Monkey

Well i heard that the Earth was so thrown off it's axis that we are actually spiralling towards the sun and only have 23years, 14days, 3 hours left.......

Wasn't it already spiraling toward the Sun?

**stevieg** · 01-19-2005, 05:06 PM

OMG we're all gonna DIE

**rando** · 01-19-2005, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by stevieg

OMG we're all gonna DIE

True though it's doubtful the Earth's collision coarse with the Sun will have much to do with it.

**wizardPC** · 01-19-2005, 06:39 PM

Actually, the day after I started this post I saw on NBC Nightly News that a US Navy ship got confused because the shoreline in Indonesia was not where it was supposed to be according to GPS. I guess that was more of a map issue than a satellite issue

**rushnrockt** · 01-19-2005, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by wizardPC

Actually, the day after I started this post I saw on NBC Nightly News that a US Navy ship got confused because the shoreline in Indonesia was not where it was supposed to be according to GPS. I guess that was more of a map issue than a satellite issue

If you saw the pictures of the coast line, you'd understand. Some places are just not there. At all.