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FCC chair says we’re too dependent on GPS and wants to explore ‘alternatives’ (read: multi billion contract with Musk) (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

GPS isn't just for google maps. I'm a land surveyor and we literally use GPS every single day. Without it we're basically fucked. We do hydrographic surveying and without GPS we'd have to basically go back to analog as 90% of the equipment on our boat would be useless. Good luck figuring out how much water is left in the Colorado river without it.

Im not exactly an expert on this, but i am very familiar with what my job requires. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will be completely fucked without it as it's built on decades of data and monitoring. You can't just look for "alternatives." Whatever Elmo has is not robust enough for the precision that is required for what we use GPS for. And without shit like that you couldn't hit the broad side of a city.

https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

These guys don't care. They're a bunch of gangsters trying to profit by dismantling the government and selling corporate replacements for its services.

We're either headed towards long term fascism or a massive civil backlash.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Without it we’re basically fucked.

Meh, there is Galileo.

You may or maynot need new equipment tho

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, imma have to go through our equipment to find out if they go through with this. If we do have to replace it, this shit is not cheap.