yokonzo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoGlobal navigation jamming will only get worse. The U.S. needs to move fast - SpaceNewsspacenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkGlobal navigation jamming will only get worse. The U.S. needs to move fast - SpaceNewsspacenews.comyokonzo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months agoTo be more specific, I wonder how many people rely on GPS turn-by-turn navigation, vs being able to read and navigate by a map be it a paper map or electronic map (without ‘my location’ or other GPS functionality.)
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI’ve not had the displeasure of using paper maps in my life, but I can navigate without turn by turn quite easily.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoGPS is irreplaceable in stuff like modern day aviation and shipping though.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI heard they’re teaching the navy to use sextants, just in case.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIsn’t that part of officers training in many navies. Why they train on the sail ships and keep one of those old ships around?
To be more specific, I wonder how many people rely on GPS turn-by-turn navigation, vs being able to read and navigate by a map be it a paper map or electronic map (without ‘my location’ or other GPS functionality.)
I’ve not had the displeasure of using paper maps in my life, but I can navigate without turn by turn quite easily.
GPS is irreplaceable in stuff like modern day aviation and shipping though.
I heard they’re teaching the navy to use sextants, just in case.
Isn’t that part of officers training in many navies. Why they train on the sail ships and keep one of those old ships around?