Alex, I have noticed similar errors from trip to trip, but only maybe fifty meters or so at most, though. A shoreline will be displaced maybe 20 meters to 30 meters one direction, and a fixed navaid will show as similarly displaced on return to its location. It could be a search of this site may help: http://gpsinformation.net/ It is maintained by two retired aerospace engineers, who have no affiliation with any GPS manufacturer, and who have taken on the task of evaluating and delineating limitations of various receivers. If you determine what is causing this, I would like to know! -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "alex" <al.m_at_3web.net> > Very unusual behavior I observed a while ago in my Garmin Legend. It > showed > my location correctly on built-in world map, but erred by 9-12 minutes > (about > 15 miles) in latitute and longitude. *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Nov 28 2004 - 11:40:47 PST
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