{"id":1787444,"date":"2019-06-20T09:04:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787444"},"modified":"2019-06-20T09:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T13:07:04","slug":"the-economic-impact-of-gps-and-gps-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/06\/the-economic-impact-of-gps-and-gps-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"The Economic Impact of GPS\u2014and GPS Outages"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study<\/a> quantifies the economic benefits of GPS: in the U.S. alone, it estimates around $1.4 trillion in economic activity resulting from private-sector GPS use, about half of that coming from improvements in the telecommunications sector. (Roughly a quarter came from the telematics sector, and 15 percent from location-based services.) About 90 percent of those benefits have been generated in the last decade. The study also quantified the impact of a GPS outage<\/em>: about a billion dollars a day, more if it occurred during planting season (agriculture has become reliant on GPS). [Ars Technica<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

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And speaking of GPS outages, earlier this month hundreds of flights were grounded over what appeared at first to be a GPS signal problem, but turned out to be a technical issue with GPS receivers made by Collins Aerospace. About 400 flights were cancelled on Sunday, 9 June, mostly involving Bombardier regional jets, but also other airliners and private aircraft. The FAA instructed pilots of affected aircraft to use other navigation methods; Collins says it has identified the issue and is working with the airlines. Coverage: AINonline<\/em><\/a>, FlightGlobal<\/a>,<\/em> Forbes<\/em><\/a>, GPS World<\/em><\/a>, RNTF<\/em><\/a>. [Jason Rabinowitz<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new study quantifies the economic benefits of GPS: in the U.S. alone, it estimates around $1.4 trillion in economic activity resulting from private-sector GPS use, about half of that coming from improvements in the… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453,254],"tags":[1199],"class_list":["post-1787444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-aviation","category-gps","tag-outages","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789981,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/01\/americas-overdependence-on-gps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787444,"position":0},"title":"America’s Overdependence on GPS","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"25 January 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"GPS signals are relied upon by critical parts of our infrastructure, from transportation to communications to agriculture to financial markets. 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