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Impact of Solar Flares and Mass GPS Outage
When posed the question “If solar flares cause extended GPS outages, do you feel you will be affected?” TigerNews visitors said overwhelmingly “No, I don’t use a navigation system.”
This was kind of a trick question, because it is possible that we will all be affected by a widespread GPS outage. Many more things than your car’s navigation system utilize GPS for a variety of reasons - including cellular telephone networks, traffic signals and more - including OnStar service, carrier tracking systems - and surely much, much more.
