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Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:48 pm
by Dubby_CompGamerGeek2
Zeratul wrote:handheld / carheld GPS is such hopelessly inaccurate technology... No positional precision to speak of...
lol... as I am sure many of us have heard, myself included...
morons driving into lakes and off the end of the city pier and such...
(hint: drive carefully, especially in unfamiliar surroundings...)
though apparently it's quite good in Perth, and perhaps Beijing?
plus, compared to working off an upside-down map, I'll go with GPS.
Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:27 am
by Zeratul
That is more related to general stupidity and outdated maps than precision.
It is rare for a handheld GPS to have a reliable precision below 10m or so. Last GPS we worked with (last weekish) can, if held correctly, give realtime position on the millimeter. That is a precise GPS.
Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:16 am
by Dubby_CompGamerGeek2
Zeratul wrote:That is more related to general stupidity and outdated maps than precision.
It is rare for a handheld GPS to have a reliable precision below 10m or so. Last GPS we worked with (last weekish) can, if held correctly, give realtime position on the millimeter. That is a precise GPS.
I am sure that the US military is quite interested in such product.
I don't see a need for an average person to have a GPS closer than... 3 meters?
10m is still quite good... as long as you are not launching artillery shells at such target.
Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:41 am
by Zeratul
The US military probably has more than a few of those GPS sets... Very practical for things like surveying...
Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:44 am
by Guild
this is brilliant !
hahaha
Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:16 am
by Thel
lulz @ No.1
*Shows to gf*
...
*sleeps on couch*
Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:38 am
by MEZZANINE
SatNavs, or as they are know locally, To-Stupid-To-Read-A-Map-Nav
Round my way these things are constantly directly lorries down narrow residential streets where they get stuck and block the roads. The things are a bloody menace.
Re: The rules of men for women
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:32 am
by Zeratul
that is because they aren't programmed properly... They are an annoyance in Norway as well... Not unusual for southeast European drivers to be directed onto the "shorter" route across a narrow mountain pass roads with a trailer, where the road is barely suitable for small private vehicles...
They are unfortunately often programmed only with physically shortest route, not whatever route is most efficient.