Thunderstorms!

I had a very strange experience yesterday. I was driving from Harpenden to Rugby around 5pm. The satnav found me at the start in Harpenden but by the time I was on the M1, I was in Melton Mowbray. 10 minutes later I was in Nottingham, and 15 minutes later I was in Stoke on Trent. By the time I got home, I was in Rugby!

The issue appears to be that most of the way home, there were thunderstorms. I only had 3 satellites visible and I suspect that with electrical interference from the thunderstorms, I was misplaced.

So, beware - stanav and thunderstorms don't mix.

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

Rich

Rich,

I have not had that problem though I have had lockups in a particular area and a wrong distances reported on the way to Italy, though this could have been the satnav CD itself. One thing that may be a factor is that the minimum number of satellites required to track your position is 3 so maybe when you get down to that amount problems could occur.

Lou

Hi,

We use GPS on the boat and it never seems to be that inaccurate even in bad weather, however I was at some TV studios in London during the storm and we lost all the satellite feeds for a while during the storm. My mobile phone kept loosing signal altogether as well.

Andy

I drove home from Manchester to Dudley through the storms last night and had no problems with the SatNav going nutty!.....

John