On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 15:35 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2011/9/21 kenneth gonsalves <[email protected]>: > > it is dead easy - just point it at the target and click - it gives > the > > distance. At over 150 metres, a tripod helps, unless you have very > > steady hands. It is useful for getting the exact dimensions of > buildings > > or golf greens. These can then be plotted in josm using the > measurement > > tool. > > > AFAIK the JOSM measurement tool does not provide very exact > measurements but is a bearable approximation. Not sure if this matters > to you, but I guess you shouldn't rely too much on the displayed > values. See for instance:
my gps is accurate to 1-5 yards depending on the conditions - the range finder is accurate to a yard. So I can live with the approximation of JOSM. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
