Satellite navigation system disturbances were reported in the Gulf of Finland last week, the Finnish Coast Guard said.
News portal Delfi wrote, citing the authorities, that both GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) and GPS (Global Positioning System) were affected making them less accurate.
The Finnish Coast Guard said, generally, disruptions affect ship traffic across the whole waterway.
Seafarers should not rely solely on their electronics, and use “traditional” methods such as nautical maps, it recommended.
Many people rely entirely on electronic maps and sometimes do not even remember to look out the window, Delfi reported the agency saying.
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