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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_89486_33406442.1230039426888 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Interesting - that's the unit I use and I've never had better than 2 m accuracy, rarely better than 3 (these values according to the unit itself). I'll have to try it out in the open to see what it says...the vast majority of my GPS work is in the woods. 2008/12/22 Phil Schappert <philjs@eastlink.ca> > At 01:45 AM 12/22/2008, you wrote: > >> What's the spatial resolution of the current generation of GPS hand-held >> units >> under the best conditions? A few years ago it used to be something like >> 15 >> feet -- has it improved since then? >> > > Yes, it has. I now use a Garmin GPSMAP 60csx ( > https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=310) that I got 2 years > ago when I was in Texas. I commonly got 4 foot in open situations and 5 to 6 > feet in forest cover. Up here, using it in metric, I generally get 2M pretty > much anywhere except in deep cover. This is quite an improvement on my old > Garmin EMap that rarely got better than 10 feet in open country... > > Phil > > -- > > Dr. Phil Schappert > > 27 Clovis Ave. > Halifax, NS Canada, B3P 1J3 > Home: 902-404-5679 > Cell: 902-460-8343 > > www.philschappert.com > www.aworldforbutterflies.com > > "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..." > Michael Hedges > -- Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_89486_33406442.1230039426888 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Interesting - that's the unit I use and I've never had better than 2 m accuracy, rarely better than 3 (these values according to the unit itself). I'll have to try it out in the open to see what it says...the vast majority of my GPS work is in the woods.<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">2008/12/22 Phil Schappert <span dir="ltr"><philjs@eastlink.ca></span><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="Ih2E3d">At 01:45 AM 12/22/2008, you wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">What's the spatial resolution of the current generation of GPS hand-held units<br>under the best conditions? A few years ago it used to be something like 15<br> feet -- has it improved since then?<br></blockquote><br></div>Yes, it has. I now use a Garmin GPSMAP 60csx (https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=310) that I got 2 years ago when I was in Texas. I commonly got 4 foot in open situations and 5 to 6 feet in forest cover. Up here, using it in metric, I generally get 2M pretty much anywhere except in deep cover. This is quite an improvement on my old Garmin EMap that rarely got better than 10 feet in open country...<br> <br>Phil<br><br>--<br><br>Dr. Phil Schappert<br><br>27 Clovis Ave.<br>Halifax, NS Canada, B3P 1J3<br>Home: 902-404-5679<br>Cell: 902-460-8343<br><br>www.philschappert.com<br> www.aworldforbutterflies.com<br><br>"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..."<br> Michael Hedges <br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br> ------=_Part_89486_33406442.1230039426888--
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