GPS
In the mid 90’s when GPS technology was released for public use, a dual use system, the public component was crude/throttled, plus or minus a 100 feet, facsimile of the military tier or what we have today – and hampered by fewer satellites, slower technology etc, an experience in patience and validity to the phrase “A stones throw.”. Given this change and the premature hype to sell product, I had coined the acronym GPS, tongue in cheek, to read as Graphic Paper System, a map. It was faster and more reliable. :+>
Ryan Johnson, 1996/7