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Old 03-28-08, 05:58 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by bhmmapping View Post
I'm not really sure what your agenda is here, but I don't think a full DGPS system is necessary for most, if any, recreational wheelers. WAAS is not really new anymore and a lot of the info on that site you linked is based on nearly 10 year old information. I would personally rather see what little federal money is devoted to geospatial activities go to increase publicly accessible remote sensing data, but that is just my opinion and is probably not worth much to most people on here. edit - too slow, comment was directed at OP not mendocino
If you look at many wheelers rigs in remoter areas of the world such as Australia, they have their own DGPS going on. Ever wonder what all those antennas were for on their bull bars? Not just radios that's for sure.

My 'agenda' is to keep this going as there are other wheelers out here who DO use the system and like having better accuracy. I for one have money invested in my DGPS rig and feel that we as consumers should be able to utilize that equipment and not have to toss it just because someone feels they want to decomission a program that many have become used to using. What if they got rid of regular GPS for civilians? I bet you'd be screaming off the hook then wouldn't you.


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