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Old March 12th 19, 05:07 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default GPS Week Rollover April 6, 2019

On Monday, March 11, 2019 at 10:38:53 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 3/11/2019 10:06 PM, Mike A Schwab wrote:
The GPS system uses a 10 bit week field. Initial week was January 1980, first rollover was August 1999, second rollover is April 6, 2019. Some units had problems with week 1,000.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/some-g...after-april-6/


Damn. I hope that doesn't somehow affect my paper maps.

;-)

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- Frank Krygowski


The only thing that might affect your paper maps is the unexpected faster movement of the magnetic north pole.

https://www.livescience.com/64685-ma...l-updated.html

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