At 01:01 PM 3/2/00 -0500, Michael R Noyes wrote: >cthomp26_at_csc.com wrote: > >> All the information re GPS has been helpful, thanks everyone. Another question >> though....how close to your target do they really put you?? >> >> Cheryl >> >> > >Officially they are accurate to about 50 feet. In the real world, where they don't >always lock on to as many satellites as they want, mine has stated (it will tell >you what its estimated accuracy is) an error of as much as 200 feet. When Uncle >Sam decides to deliberately degrade the signal they can be off by 100 yards. > >Mike > I used it exclusively to return to my put in on the beach, I landed on my footprints. cya boy Bob you most have awful big footprints, any relation to bigfoot???:) Dana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 02 2000 - 13:29:15 PST
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