Eric! Thank the powers that you are so modest and self-effacing!
Jewel
From: Eric Oyen
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2018 3:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: where am I
unfortunately, given some "features" of my psyche, some kinds of humor are not
comprehended. :( it's part and parcel of being on the asperger's spectrum. It's
also probably why it is that I am so good at technology related items.
anyway, on the technical end of things, the nearest thing I can figure on the
daily (and always inside the same 2 hour window) is that I am seeing a
reflection of signal off an aircraft in the aircraft control corridor that
exists from here to california. in any case, it makes for an interesting math
problem. :)
-eric
On Apr 13, 2018, at 8:29 AM, Bill Gallik wrote:
That was intended to be a joke! đŻ
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On Apr 13, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote:
um, that is not exactly the way that GPS works. In order for this "hand off"
to occur, there would also have to be interaction from the device to the sats
and there just isn't the spectrum space or bandwidth to handle several tens of
millions of devices simultaneously. the gPS units on the ground are strictly
receivers.
-eric
On Apr 13, 2018, at 7:12 AM, Bill Gallik wrote:
Given what Eric wrote about his GPS âspeed of lightâ experience, I have to
wonder if Eric is not sitting on the cusp of two separate satellites that are
continually âhanding offâ his device to each other. Just a thought.
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On Apr 13, 2018, at 4:01 AM, Eric Oyen <[email protected] > wrote:
you should see what happens with my phone sometimes. I will have it sitting
here on the desk and all of the sudden, it goes into do not disturb mode.
So, I opened up one of the gPS apps I have (Navigon in this case) and left
it run. when the Do Not Disturb popped up, I grabbed the phone and checked how
far it allegedly moved. Here's the real kicker, for 2 minutes, it traveled 1000
feet to the west at 672 mph, then proceeded 2000 feet to the east at 672 mph
and went back and forth like that for 3 minutes. Yet, the phone physically
didn't move.
The two things I noted about this:
1. the direction was always east and west
2. the speed of transit is always that of a jet aircraft at full cruise I
think when it happens again, I am going to call up a friend of mine at sky
harbor airport ops and find out if there is any air traffic transiting the
space above me at 30k feet going either east or west I have already checked
with a ham radio sat tracker program I have here, so I know where the GPS sats
are in near real time. If what I think is happening really is, then it would be
possible to know when something is overflying my place. :)
-Eric
On Apr 12, 2018, at 11:30 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
GPS accuracy is going to be about 15 feet at best and sitting inside does
not give you good signal quality. The GPS signal is very weak, I read an
article once where they compared it with looking at a Christmas light that is
up on a satellite in space. Nowadays the receives are very good and sensitive,
I remember when I first had my retail store 18 years ago and sold Garmin GPS
units you often would not get a signal under heavy tree cover or if you were in
a narrow valley and even nowadays the accuracy can go way down the tube if you
are in a big city with lots of highrise building around you. GPS is fantastic,
but you have to be aware of its limitations and factor them in.
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Donald Raikes
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 10:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: where am I
Sitting at my desk in my house, siri tells me I am next door so how
reliable is she ;-)
On 4/12/18, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote:
there is an app called "where the hell am I". It's free on the apple
appstore and it works nicely.
Also, you can always ask the voice agent (Siri on the iPhone) your
location.
-eric
On Apr 12, 2018, at 9:42 AM, Donald Raikes wrote:
Hi,
This may be a "silly" question, but I figured I would ask it since
others may not know as well.
When I am out taking our grand dog for a walk, I would like my IPhone
to help me determine when I am back home. Our house is in the middle
of the block, and when I am out with my cane I count the mail boxes
to determine when I am at our house, but when walking the dog, she
doesn't allow me to count the mailboxes she just guides me arround
them (without any formal training).
Also if we go a different route, and approach from accross the street
I woul d like to know when we are accross from the house.
Is there a simple way to have my phone tell me that we are at home?
Any tips would be appreciated.
Don
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