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by Retric 1725 days ago
That was removed a long time ago.

During the 1990s, GPS quality was degraded by the United States government in a program called "Selective Availability"; this was discontinued on May 1, 2000 by a law signed by President Bill Clinton.

GPS can get extreme precision as in mm when given a long tine and a fixed location, which is mostly useful for geologists. However, you can get close to that using extreme precision accelerometers and GPS, but it’s rarely worth the cost.