I have a Garmin GPS 18x USB which I use in my 4WD, which has a firmware version from Dec 2008. It started reporting an incorrect date in November last year, (10 years give or take in the past), the only negative impact of which is recorded track points have the wrong date.
The date reported by the device has nothing to do with the actual rollover, as the week number "mapping" I'll call it, is already set in the device, and could go screwy at any time.
I think excepting some fault in the GPS satellites as a result of the rollover, there will be no impact on our Mavics on this occasion.
However, I do wonder --- come the time when this WILL happen, will our Mavics even take off? or will the date mismatch between GPS and GLONASS/actual be enough to cause an error which will prevent it from allowing a takeoff? Who knows. We'll just have to wait and see!
The date reported by the device has nothing to do with the actual rollover, as the week number "mapping" I'll call it, is already set in the device, and could go screwy at any time.
I think excepting some fault in the GPS satellites as a result of the rollover, there will be no impact on our Mavics on this occasion.
However, I do wonder --- come the time when this WILL happen, will our Mavics even take off? or will the date mismatch between GPS and GLONASS/actual be enough to cause an error which will prevent it from allowing a takeoff? Who knows. We'll just have to wait and see!