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They could not find the site and searched for it for years. A stark reminder that civilian use of GPS is relatively recent thing. The site was created in 1990s
by mynegation 5mo ago
They could not find the site and searched for it for years. A stark reminder that civilian use of GPS is relatively recent thing. The site was created in 1990s and GPS was opened for civilian use only in 1995 and gained equal accuracy by legislation in 2000.
- zokier 5mo agoon the other hand, basic surveying is centuries old. if you lose square km patch of land, it is not due lack of technology even in the previous century.
- exidy 5mo agoEven a sextant and decent watch should be able to get you to within a nautical mile or two.
- rasz 5mo agoGPs was available for civilian use since 80s, just expensive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation_device#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation_device#Hi...