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Serious GPS signal interference over Poland. No one knows what's going on
, 20:21, 27.12.2023
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Since Monday, Poland has experienced very significant disruptions to the GPS signal - this mainly concerns the northern, north-eastern and central parts of Poland. It is not known yet what the reason.
Poland is glowing red today. We don't know what's going on and the problem is serious
On Monday, user comments began to surface on the Internet, indicating that "something was happening" with the GPS signal in the northern part of the Poland. According to the gpsjam.org website, significant signal disruptions were observed in Poland during that time.
On Monday, the disruption level exceeded 10% in the area spanning from Puławy through Siedlce, Ostrołęka, Łomża, Białystok, to Giżycko, Suwałki, and Gołdap. In central Poland, disruptions at this level occurred in the region from Łódź to Kutno, Sochaczew, and Płock. GPS failures were also reported in Ustka, Kołobrzeg, Świnoujście, and Szczecin.
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The disruption area extended across the Baltic Sea into Sweden. Moderate disruptions occurred, for example, from Piotrków Trybunalski to Łódź, in Warsaw, and from Konin and Włocławek to Poznań, Piła, Gorzów Wielkopolski, and Koszalin.
GPS signal disruption in Poland on Tuesday
GPS signal interference continued on Tuesday. However, the most significant disruptions took place on December 26, 2023, when high and moderate GPS signal disturbances affected areas from Włoszczowa (Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship) and Radom through Łódź, Biała Podlaska, Warsaw, Kalisz, Płock, Białystok, Poznań, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Olsztyn, Grudziądz, Szczecin, to Świnoujście, Kołobrzeg, Ustka, and Suwałki. Consequently, disruptions covered central and northeastern Poland, as well as almost the entire Pomerania region.
Internet users complained that determining their position using GPS was challenging, making it impossible to mark specific locations. The issue also affected applications requiring GPS signals, including Pokémon Go. Disruptions extended into Germany, reaching the islands of Usedom and Rügen, and further affecting the Danish island of Bornholm and the southern region of Sweden from Malmö to Kalmar. Additionally, disruptions were reported in the southwestern part of Lithuania.
It is noteworthy that on the world map, the areas of GPS signal interference were sporadic on December 26, encompassing Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Georgia, northern Turkey, eastern Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova.
Furthermore, disruptions were reported from southern Turkey through Cyprus and Syria to Israel, Jordan, and the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt). It is important to emphasize that similar signal disruptions have been previously recorded in these areas and regions around Ukraine.
