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Article: FEDERAL AGENCIES WARN DRIVERS, BOATERS, PILOTS AND HIKERS OF FALSE READINGS WITH SOME GPS-BASED SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
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- Regulatory Intelligence Data
- Article date:
- August 5, 1999
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,
U.S.
Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.
Department
of Agriculture and Federal Trade Commission are warning about possible
false receiver readings with navigation systems that rely on the Global
Positioning System (GPS).
GPS is a satellite-based system that allows those who use GPS
receivers to determine their location. Used in cars, boats, planes
and
as a hand-held navigational tool, some GPS receivers may not interpret
correctly the End-of-Week (EOW) Rollover beginning August 22, 1999,
and
the Year 2000 (Y2K) "bug" on January 1, 2000, resulting in false ...