Craig Olson wrote: > ... Still somewhat a novice, so far I've come up > with a few key things to keep in mind: > > 1) Generally speaking, one waypoint every 50 feet is adequate for > most navigational needs. Wow! You can get by with only one waypoint every 50 feet?!? Well, I suppose there is a certain appeal to this sort of asceticism. ("Less is more", and all that.) Personally, I don't like to limit myself in this way, particularly with the new WAAS-capable receivers that have an RMS error of 3 meters. I prefer one waypoint every 30 feet or so. > ...<snip of a lot of complicated math>... > 5) At a paddling speed of 3.5 Knots, I can paddle from one end of > GPS coverage to the other in about 3.2 minutes. > 6) Given #5 above, I can safely eliminate camping gear, food, water > and spare clothing from my equipment list. This will save a good deal > of money which can then be spent on more software. I'll let you in on a little secret: Use some of that money to buy MORE GPS RECEIVERS! Then you can increase your waypoint capacity up to the weight-carrying capacity of your kayak, minus weight of the paddler, divided by the weight per GPS receiver, times 500. I hope this is of help. Dan Hagen Bellingham, Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 12 2001 - 07:04:11 PDT
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