On 27-Jun-08, at 1:15 PM, jtd wrote: >> >> better to use a laser range finder for this - gps wont cut it > > Sort of True. Survey quality gps will give you repeatability - the > offset will be consistent and the distance between two points over a > few Km will be accurate. But the position wrt to a standard survey > may be way off. Thus results (conventional survey or gps) are open to > interpretation.
I tried to do a couple of golf courses with gps - total failure. With the laser range finder (and not a very expensive one, I was able to get accuracy within a yard - which is acceptable for a golf course. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
