Few GPS Glitches Reported
<< A nationwide, private tow boat agency, Vessel Assist Association of America, based in Newport Beach, reported scattered GPS outages Sunday.
The biggest problem is that it takes us a long time to find the mariner in distress if we don't have an accurate position. We had some delay in serving boats today, said Bob Cunningham, an agency dispatcher.
No Serious Risk
No boaters were in any serious danger, he said.
The Coast Guard in California received at least two calls: one boater hadn?t yet left the harbor when his GPS failed, and another was lost and had to fire a flare to summon help, said Petty Officer Dawn Butler.
The Federal Aviation Administration had no reports of problems, said agency spokesman Les Dorr, adding that private plane pilots had been warned to check their systems.
In Japan, where as many as 5 million drivers rely on the system to navigate the country?s maze of roads, a top Tokyo manufacturer of auto devices, Pioneer Corp., was flooded with thousands of complaints about its machines going haywire. But there were no reports of traffic accidents. >>
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