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Well it all started with the war...Nuclear Submarines would navigate underwater but when surfaced would get lost. Not much point of having a lost weapon so they launched Global Positioning Satelites hence GPS. Now there are about 14 satelites doing this. They give you can accurate position within 10 metres. They also used this technique to build the tallest longest sky bridge in France.

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