Im not worried about altitude, was just looking for an accurate coordinate.
Are any phone apps any more accurate than others? is a garmin any more
accurate than a phone?

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 3:58 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> Garden variety GPS will give you crap for altitude.  GPS in general is
> crap for altitude.
> Google Earth plus a tape measure is your best accurate solution for less
> than multiple thousands of dollars.
>
> *From:* Steve Jones
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 11, 2020 2:45 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] App or tool for CBRS GPS
>
> If I give any variance to the installers, they will push it too far. I
> dont care that we get the 50 meters, I want it as accurate as possible. AGL
> is fin for guessing, but GPS I want as accurate as possible and within
> reason. and documented.
>
> Im thinking thats also going to be something the SAS administrators will
> be offering is the high resolution plotting since they will need something
> to market
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 3:11 PM castarritt . <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Horizontal accuracy is to within 50M, and if one of my guys has to carry
>> his ladder that far from where he parked the truck (which records GPS
>> location automatically), I'm sure I'll hear him bitch about it.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 3:04 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I guess in theory the SAS might grant you a lower EIRP than it otherwise
>>> would if you overstate the height by a meter or two.  Hard to believe that
>>> will make a big difference.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Radabaugh
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 2:24 PM
>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] App or tool for CBRS GPS
>>>
>>> Tape measure?   $8/each on Amazon.   They can lose a lot of those.
>>>
>>> Height tolerance is +/-3M (~9’).    Each story of a house is ~10’.   Did
>>> they put it on the first, second, or third floor of the house?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> > On Feb 11, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Im not looking for a smartligner, we will get one hopefully for base
>>> stations
>>> >
>>> > For the installer, I need something the installer sticks in front of
>>> the radio to get the GPS. as I understand it, the AGL.ASL is not accurate
>>> from GPS, that needs to be tape measured or range finder.
>>> >
>>> > Is there an App for a phone that is more accurate than another or is
>>> that all dependent on the cell phone itself?
>>> >
>>> > Is there a fairly inexpensive device thats worth giving a tech to
>>> break too?
>>> >
>>> > Mainly I just want to have a screenshot of a GPS coordinate to attach
>>> to the customer file for CPI reference.
>>> >
>>> > There used to be a WISP app that you put in all your POP locations and
>>> it would give you your azimuth and best guess elevation from your current
>>> point, I think it even had a pointing arrow that never worked all that
>>> well., but I dont recall what was or if it still works
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