More Updates — But Still No Actual Data

March 29, 2007 by Mr. GPS · Leave a Comment
Filed under: GPS Curmudgeon 

Slowly but surely the truth comes out.  I really wonder why the information is so spares and non-technical.  Does everyone think that real people can’t understand geographic coordinates and the datums and projection systems used?  I’ve written about this problem a number of times before.  There are no lines etched into the surface of our planet.  When I say an object is located at a certain place on the planet’s surface … you must agree to use the same datum (basically starting point) and the same system of projecting imaginary lines of latitude and longitude onto the imperfect sphere we call home.  “GPS” is not absolute.

You know this could be as simple as the wrong coordinate systems referenced and both the British and the Iranians may be “right”.  It’s certainly happened before … and the lack of transparency on both sides is frustrating and disturbing.  Someone was/is hiding something and I am really beginning to wonder who and what?

Mr. GPS says, come clean people.

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