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2007-12-23 , 01:14
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Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
I also think the US government had some say on what technology would be available to consumers. IDKFS


I didn't mean that $1500 was entry level back then. I meant that no matter how much you spent, you waited...

The technological improvement is what brought the customers back, not so much price. Price is coming down because of demand, competition, and the economy of scales I would think.
Yea, I think they took off the offset to non-military devices after the first Gulf War. I think before then you couldn't get any better than around 30 feet or so, without specialized equipment. Now we can regularly get sub-foot accuracy. Not that you really need that in an everyday hand held gps. If you can't find it with 10 foot accuracy, you ain't gonna find it. The technology has also gotten smaller. You almost can't buy a cell phone without a gps in it. We've seen bluetooth gps devices on key chains.
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