Re: GPS navigation

To address the question of optimized maps for aviation use, if that indeed
is relevant to this discussion, he should go to an outlet that sells
aviation maps and ask for a GPS-optimized map. I think that he will be
surprised.

Bob Gardner

"David W" <dwilliams64@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bob Gardner wrote:
I've been watching this discussion in the sci.geo.satellit-nav newsgroup,
and my reaction to your friend's ideas is "What an idiot."


My post to that group requesting advice and comment was way too long; I
imagine it made for quite tedious reading, which I don't think helped
my case as much as it might have done.

But I'm happy with the replies (in that group and certainly here),
overall :-)

My opponent, even though he evidently knows next-to-nothing about the
GPS, or GPS survey, is trying to discredit a set of GPS coordinates
that has cost me time, energy and lots of money to obtain (obtained
with diligence and after a sufficient number of hours of research (in
my opinion)). And he thinks I should use theodolites and trig points
instead of GPS.


Thanks to all that have replied.


Regards,

David,
England.



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