Air Force: Don't Blame GPS for Stranded Elderly Couple (Fox News)
30 satellites like this one make up the GPS system, which the Air Force called "the most capable in the history of the program." Some news reports have blamed GPS for the three-day stranding of a couple in Oregon.
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The Air Force Wants You to Stop Blaming GPS Satellites When You Get Lost [GPS] (Gizmodo)
The Air Force isn't happy with some of the stories about the couple who got lost in the woods after following their SUV's GPS. For some reason, a lot of people keep blaming innocent GPS satellites...
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Couple lost in forest after GPS drama (thewest.com.au)
As Starry Bush-Rhoads and her husband, John, drove along a remote Oregon road on Christmas Day, the familiar female voice of their GPS system informed them that they had just shaved two minutes off their trip home to Reno, Nevada in the United States.
Missing GPS leads police to two drug arrests (The Eagle-Tribune)
LAWRENCE — Police arrested a suspect in multiple car breaks yesterday on charges of drug possession. Officers investigating the theft of a GPS unit went to the Dacey Rooming House, 32 Lawrence St., at approximately 12:45 p.m., where Joshua Ortiz, 29, was staying.
Why Aren't GPS Navigation Systems More Reliable? (PC World via Yahoo! News)
We've been down this road before: A trusting soul gets bum directions from a GPS navigation system, winds up in the middle of nowhere, and may or may not survive the ordeal.
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