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GPS Inaccurate During Space Storms
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c6eae899-56b1-4123-8070-2b3fabb9cc6f/44680ED5-EA68-41C3-A3F6-14C8E6DF7E6A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html" href="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.space.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="355" valign="top" align="left"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" color="#1b4872"><B>GPS Inaccurate During Space Storms </B><BR /><IMG border="0" src="http://a1484.g.akamaitech.net/f/1484/827/1h/www.space.com/template_images/2005/dd_TECHWed_logo.gif" /><BR /><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#333333"><B>By Lamont Wood</B><BR />Special to SPACE.com<BR /></FONT></FONT><FONT face="arial,helvetica" size="1" color="#330066">posted: 18 June 2008<BR />06:57 am ET</FONT> </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.space.com/img/2A450F8B-92A3-48C8-A53A-3E86ECAA97DB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html"><P>In bad weather, it can be hard to tell where you are. It turns out that your GPS unit may not be entirely sure, either, if the weather in space is bad.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html"><P>It is now known that <A href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080611-sunspot-activity.html" linkindex="6">space weather</A> -- specifically electrical disturbances in our planet's ionosphere -- can throw off the accuracy of GPS units appreciably. Scientists are working to remedy the situation. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html"><P>The ionosphere is the layer of the atmosphere extending upward from a height of about 60 miles. Its tenuous gas is electrically charged enough to affect radio signals.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/080618-tw-gps-space-weather.html"><P>During sunspot activity, the inaccuracy can exceed 32 yards (30 meters).</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/44680ED5-EA68-41C3-A3F6-14C8E6DF7E6A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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