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- From: Carl.Seiler@f10.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Carl Seiler)
- Sender: Jpunix@urchin.fidonet.org
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!jpunix!urchin!Jpunix
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
- Subject: GPS, PC or non-PC?
- Message-ID: <725071189.AA06844@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:25:52 -0500
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- In a msg on <Dec 21 15:01>, Anmar Caves writes:
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- >>>inter- related the use of GPS for backcountry orienting and
- >>>military use for counterinsurgency operations were ... it's the
- >>>same stuff, except that the military applications have access
- >>>to more refined locating abilities.
- >>Can you name a single navigation system that was not developed
- by
- >>the military for military purposes or which does not have
- profound
- >>military applications? Loran? Omega? Transit? GPS? Celestial?
- Deca
- >>is arguable. What about other things you use in the
- backcountry?
- >>Backpacks? Gore Tex? Freeze-dried food? How much are you ready
- to
- >>give up to assuage your politically correct conscience?
-
- AC> Much as I hate to agree with the above, it's true, most of the
- AC> fun toys we carry into the woods are a direct result the
- AC> military. When I was taking my inservice on GPS, the guy who
- AC> was teaching stressed the fact that GPS was primarily a
- AC> military toy.
-
- Could someone please explain to a newbie exactly what GPS stands for?
-
- BTW, thanks to all who gave me information on sleeping bags. Cross our
- fingers and I may get one for Christmas.
-
- Carl
- st1t0@jetson.uh.edu
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