One possible explanation:
Egypt's vast amounts of desert are host to all manner of smuggling, hash running, and unwanted immigration. Large numbers of Sudanese refugees come in from the south, and even larger numbers of guns of and supplies get smuggled north into the Gaza strip. I can see how having easy access to GPS would make this kind of stuff even easier than it is now. The Sinai peninsula in particular is highly militarized in some areas to prevent this, or more likely to give the military a monopoly over profitable shadiness in the area.
In general the Egyptian government basically sucks at everything, *except* insuring its own survival; which it does with great enthusiasm.
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One possible explanation: Egypt's vast amounts of desert are host to all manner of smuggling, hash running, and unwanted immigration. Large numbers of Sudanese refugees come in from the south, and even larger numbers of guns of and supplies get smuggled north into the Gaza strip. I can see how having easy access to GPS would make this kind of stuff even easier than it is now. The Sinai peninsula in particular is highly militarized in some areas to prevent this, or more likely to give the military a monopoly over profitable shadiness in the area. In general the Egyptian government basically sucks at everything, *except* insuring its own survival; which it does with great enthusiasm.