GPS Gets Less Selective (opens in new tab)

May 1, 2000 President Bill Clinton releases a statement announcing that the U.S. government will remove Selective Availability from its Global Positioning System at midnight, improving the accuracy of civilian GPS devices from 100 meters to 20 meters. Originally created to impede hostile forces from taking advantage of the GPS system, pressure mounted from many… GPS Gets Less Selective is original content of This Day in Tech History.