Hi Lee, Thanks for your observation. I remember in those days when the accuracy wasn't that great, and the GPS were rather rare. Showing his newly acquired GPS and showing off the exact positon , well nearly.
"OK I will tell you now where we are" "We are on that hill pointing a mile away" Well in your case at least you could see your tower hi. Happy hunting 73 Sangat, 9M2SS On 26 July 2010 06:55, Lee Ernstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I have been playing around with my Garman NUVI GPS and comparing the > readings to Google Maps. This is something you call try at home. My > Garman says that the base of my HF tower is at 41.07430 N 112.03774 W. > When I punch in those coordinates in to Google Maps in the satelite view > mode the arrow points to a location about 30 feet away near the middle > of the lawn east of my driveway. When I play around with the > coordinates a little through interpolation and punch them in to Google > Maps several times I arrive at what appears to be the true coordinates > of the base of my HF tower at 41.074329 N 112.037770 W. I suppose that > is the significant difference that sixth decimal place makes. Check > both of these coordinates on Google Maps to see what I mean. Any > comments? > > WA7HQD > Lee Ernstrom > Syracuse, Utah DN31xb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
