GPS in Overland Journal

[TRfWJ]

I know one thing discussed some at the PPR this wkend was GPS. We also all drooled over Overland Journal. I just got mine and it's great. One of the main articles is a comparison of GPS devices; much like the big comparison they did for the fridges. I looked on ExPo and saw a discussion about this. I thought I'd post it for everyone here to see. Have a good one everyone and thanks again for an amazing weekend!

http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8916

 

[BillWright]

Very interesting. GPS has come a long way since my little Magellan Sport.

I always love to read an engineer's prose. They say all these brilliant maths then put in stuff like this:
"In the last couple of years somebody came up with a method of making standard receivers more accurate than WAAS without using actually it."
"These receivers are already on the market but as expensive." [Italics and bold print are mine.]

Having had an education at Univ of SC before going to trade school (Clemson) to learn how to make a living one of my jobs when I was an engineer was proofreading the boss's letters to find stuff like this and also to smooth out the English.
Gotta love it.
b

 

[BillWright]

Thinking the first post was your intention of citing the link, I made my previous comments.

Then I went back to the thread. What a hoot! Seven pages of 66 posts including much esoterica and a lot of flaming debating the truth content of the following concepts:
Layman's concept: The fourth satellite provides altitude.
Engineer's concept: The fourth satellite provides a time component, a by-product of which provides altitude.

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Huge minds and huge egos and miniscule people skills yielding much ado about very little.
Some people need a life.
I wonder what the folks that are paying for these people's time while they chase this goose would think about their rants?
b