Being off by 2000 ft can mean the difference between flying over the building and being in the basement...
Subash wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I know nothing about this subject, but I won't let that stop me >> pontificating. >> > > Mark? :-) > > >> http://wiki.motionbased.com/mb/GPS_Barometric_Altimeter >> > > well, according to that article garmins are the best in this respect > currently available, determining altitude both from the atmospheric > pressure and satellites. and if it still can be off by more than 2,000 > ft, i guess one just has to live with it. :-) > > fwiw, it *was* very very cold and windy morning at the time it went haywire... > > thanks and regards, subash > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
