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Old 05-02-2015, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by AussieTrooper View Post
I haven't heard of power lines disrupting a GPS (and am going to test this out the next chance I get!), but it will definitely affect compass readings for quite some distance, which mobile astronomy apps use.
I had an old Pioneer GPS that used to throw a 'route recalculation' every time I drove under the power lines just before getting home. The newer navman never did it though.
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