GPS satellite Navigation System at risk

The US Government Accountability Office is forecasting a 20% chance of failure of some part of the Global Positioning System between 2011 and 2012 due to the age of it s satellites.
While there are a number of other Satellite Navigation systems, including the European “Galileo” system, planned to be operational by that time, unless the [...]

WARNING – Sat Navs aren’t a substitute for common sense

With Satellite Navigations systems becoming ever more popular, it would appear that drivers get in their vehicles, turn on their sat navs, then take their brains out and put them in a safe place.
Network Rail have reported that lorries caused more than £15 million in the last year because their sat navs directed them down [...]