Before GPS There Was LORAN

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• espentan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  … with an accuracy of tens of miles

  Probably not an alternative if you need walking directions to the coffee shop, then.

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  • sudoku@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    well there are no coffee shops in the middle of the ocean…

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So here’s my pitch…

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought it was called Hawaii

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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• IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fun fact: the US Coast Guard used to have a base in the Oklahoma panhandle. It’s sole purpose was a LORAN transmitter.

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