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(Early Access) Why The US Military Made GPS Free-To-Use (Patreon)

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2017-06-16 19:26:14
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Hello All,

Hope you had a pleasant week! Here's the early access to Monday's video. Few small animation and editing problems that I need to fix and may redo audio again.

Do let me know what you think. Constructive feedback is valued and welcome.

All the best,

Brian

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Why The US Military Made GPS Free To Use (early access do not share)

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Chris Allen

We were trying to make a mapping program in the 90s - way before the mass adoption of the internet and mobile data. We'd figured out ways to compress the map data and quickly navigate routes, but the GPS accuracy was so bad that we often couldn't tell which side of the block we were on. A few years after we'd scrapped the project, President Clinton unscrambled the GPS and things worked great, but by then the internet was a thing and our business model couldn't adapt. :(

Chris Allen

Still, while I was shocked that he did it, I was glad to see it done!