I think this is a bad thing. According to my paper today it can (read will) be used as part of a system to track the location of all vehicles in Europe in due course.

As for GPS in the wilderness, I held out as long as I could. But now the buddy I used to go hiking in the highlands with each winter can't always make it, and if you are going to be on your own and a white out/fog/driving rain is possible, its pretty comforting to have some back up even if it does only confirm you are where you thought you were. I haven't myself found it accurate or reliable enough to replace good old map and compass even if you wanted it to.

To be honest I use the altimeter more than anything, I never realised what an aid to navigation one of those was until I had it.