[rjsimmon]

Magellan, Garmin, whomever... the end product can be as fantastic as they want, but unless the constellation of GPS satellites is maintained, it is all for naught.

The current administration has shown severe incompetence with the U.S. budget and I suspect GPS will start to fall by the wayside in the not-to-distant future due to their malfeasance.

[Little Pig]

Although you may be right (and I happen to think that, since the military uses the GPS system they’ll find a way to keep it maintained despite the Zer0), that’s outside the scope of the original article, which looked at the problem solely from a company viability perspective.

[zeaal]

"The current administration has shown severe incompetence with the U.S. budget and I suspect GPS will start to fall by the wayside in the not-to-distant future due to their malfeasance."

Oh this is not so good ... we will have a whole bunch of geocachers wandering around in the woods bumping into each other! ;)

[GEC]

Then we’ll navigate using cell towers. Of course, if you’re in a rural area, it’s better to have a good map, or a pleasing smile to request the help of locals.