With GPS systems and other geographical technology being as sophisticated as it now is, do lighthouses still serve an integral purpose? Are they more now just in case the captain/crew lapses on the monitoring of navigation systems? Obviously lighthouses are more immediate and I guess tangible, but do they still fulfil a purpose beyond mitigating basic human error?
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Look up the coastline of Maine on a map. There’s a reason Maine and New England are known for lighthouses. There are a lot of islands and the underwater topography is chaotic. Lighthouses serve a very needed function.
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