Re: gps software for walking

Bitstring <f2ccme$cmq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, from the wonderful person Paul Saunders <pvs1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said
GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:

I pretty sure the OS is wrong, since I've done some sections on
different days in different years even, and got answers +/-5m from my
GPS, whereas the OS 1:25k map has the road 50m off to one side.

Yep, same here. Did you look at the screenshot of the forest track I gave a
link to a short while ago? I think that proves the point pretty well.

Nope, care to repeat the link? (I may have lost the thread before I got that far).

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