Who would use GPS coordinates for your house?
Submitted by Live_Free_Or_Die on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 13:11
“I said, ‘What address did you have?’ and he said, ‘They sent me some GPS coordinates.’ I said, ‘Don’t you have an address?’ (and) he said, ‘Yes, my GPS coordinates led me right to this address here and this house was described,’” said Byrd.
Read this- it's unreal!
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/19715994/detail.html
Gotta wonder if he participated in the pre-Census GPS thing.
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killer drones?
Just enter the coordinates - job done by morning.
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Oh, I can hardly breath
looking at those pictures. Where will he go to complain. This in insane. I know when we use that GPS thing it gets stuff wrong. Yes, I can believe how easy it would be for this to happen I bet more of this will happen, also.
Technology is not perfect. I keep maps in my car.
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Exactly
My father actually named his vehicle's GPS unit "Sir Lostalot" LOL!
Having one company with your home's GPS info in one state (Texas?) telling another company in Georgia where to go to demolish a house? Without using an actual street address??? If a private company makes these mistakes, imagine what our government will do! You're right- not only is it stupid, it IS insane.
There will be a lot more incidents like this, as more companies and government agencies fall over themselves to "embrace" this technology.
And thanks, Quiltingsando, for actually reading the article before responding to my post. :)
5:26 pm ET
I discovered this great new sport based on GPS..
It is a tonn of fun and gets you out in nature walking and hunting.
It is the new activity I found to replace political activism. (and hacky sack :-) )
http://www.geocaching.com/
Talk to a therapist about your paranoia problem. Usually rest, a better diet, and changing what you watch and read to more positive things will help. I'd suggest a 21 day fast from the news and lots of walks in nature.
Geocaching
I love geocaching... I have been planning to hide some "liberty caches" for quite awhile now. Maybe this will motivate me to finally do it. I planned on loading it with Constitutions, CFL pamphlets & Obama Deception and other DVDs. I figured this may be a good way to get others into the movement who otherwise wouldn't have known about it.
It is fun
But allow me to suggest Orienteering as a start, especially if you have kids who are interested in this. That's what I started out doing in the early 90's, and then it evolved into the GPS-enabled caching by late 1998 or so.
Over a decade later, GPS-caching isn't exact, and orienteering is still a far superior, albeit more involved, method- but also more satisfying.
I think you should go ahead and do it (your Liberty Cache plan)! My family loaded up 8 caches in NH, Maine & MASS with those materials (some were too small for CD/DVD's, so we always had a few cheap thumb drives with us to pop into a small container, loaded with the material).
Paranoia problem?
Again, did you read the article from the OP? No. No, you did not.
Jeez, people.
P.S. "new sport"? I've been Geocaching for more than a decade.
GPS Co-ordinates
You use GPS co-ordinates whenever you use a GPS navigator in your car. There is nothing sinister about someone have the co-ordinates, unless you think they are going to target your house with indirect fire!
There are plenty of invasions of our privacy, but GPS makes it easier to find a location. The use of GPS co-ordinates could make it quicker for police, fire or ambulance to get to a location quick.
Greg: "The use of GPS
Greg: "The use of GPS co-ordinates could make it quicker for police, fire or ambulance to get to a location quick."
LOL, Greg, did you read the article I linked? My post is a rhetorical question, with just one example of how GPS "making it quicker" for certain people to find your house isn't necessarily a great thing.
I imagine those "accidental" SWAT raids on innocent houses will only increase now.
and I don't even want to imagine...
"Homeland Security" using it. ------
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