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alanbwt | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Ever used Google Maps?

GPS tracking would be impossible without space satellites. What is your theory for how GPS works, given you don’t believe in satellites?
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Deleted account | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You ever seen them driving the car mapping out the streets. You ever thought about that.
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alanbwt | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Hard to tell if you are trolling or not. GPS requires triangulation, and you cannot triangulate with points on the surface of a sphere. This is basic stuff.
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Deleted account | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You have drivers driving Google cars, taking pictures every minute. Mapping out every city, every street, and you believe it's satellites still
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Sovereign Bear | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 GPS relies on an ECEF coordinate system. That stands for earth-centered-earth-fixed. It uses the geocentric WGS 84. 

It's brutal cognitive dissonance once you explore the topic. Everything assumes a stationary plane, and "satellites" don't need to be in 'space'.

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