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Fun fact: GPS uses 10 bits to store the week. That means it runs out... oh heck – April 6, 2019

Prst. V.Jeltz Silver badge

odd isnt it , that our satnaz machines are constantly demanding updates to maps , just in case theres been a new estate built in eastern europe or something . The pickiest of these bots demand to be online at all times when navigating ....

yet in the old days the Ordanance survey maps were updated about once a decade , and people still managed to avoid driving into rivers

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