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    Fwd: CBC Radio Item on GPS Problems and Dependence
    From: Richard B. Langley
    Date: 2016 May 18, 12:42 +0000

    Radio item also very briefly mentions teaching of celestial navigation and use of sextants.
    -- Richard Langley
    
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    | Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang@unb.ca         |
    | Geodetic Research Laboratory                  Web: http://gge.unb.ca/     |
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    | University of New Brunswick                   Fax:      +1 506 453-4943   |
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    > Begin forwarded message:
    > 
    > From: Richard Langley 
    > Subject: CBC Radio Item on GPS Problems and Dependence
    > Date: May 18, 2016 at 9:34:19 AM ADT
    > To: 
    > Reply-To: Canadian Space Geodesy Forum , "Richard Langley" 
    > 
    > 
    http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-may-17-2016-1.3585458/overuse-of-gps-navigation-shrinks-part-of-the-brain-says-researcher-1.3585526
    > 
    > See also the recent GPS World item:
    > http://gpsworld.com/is-reliance-on-gps-making-us-lose-our-mapping-minds/
    > 
    > And don't forget Tip #10:
    > http://www2.unb.ca/gge/Resources/Ten_Tips.pdf ;-)
    > 
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    > | Richard B. Langley                            E-mail: lang@unb.ca         |
    > | Geodetic Research Laboratory                  Web: http://gge.unb.ca/     |
    > | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering    Phone:    +1 506 453-5142   |
    > | University of New Brunswick                   Fax:      +1 506 453-4943   |
    > | Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3                                        |
    > |        Fredericton?  Where's that?  See: http://www.fredericton.ca/       |
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