just wait...and see what happens when the Europeans introduce their
own navigation system called Galileo, which should be far more
accurate & carries more additional info
James
On 01/12/2007, at 15:19, Stephen Chape wrote:
It was explained to me by an Electronics Engineer who used to work
for the Federal Government that the satellites used for GPS are
interfered with constantly by the US military.
This is so that they cannot be used with any accuracy by anyone on
the "dark side" for evil purposes.
Consequently the signal is interrupted in such a way as to move the
location around every few seconds perhaps 100 metres in any
direction. In fact when Iraq was invaded by the US forces, the
signal was completely screwed on purpose.
This could explain why you were apparently in fields parallel to
the highway.
I am told that people have been known to turn into the street
before or after the correct one for the same reason.
Makes you wonder if the expense of a GPS is really worth
it ........ eh ??
On 01/12/2007, at 2:19 PM, Andrew wrote:
I have te TomTom One XL. I would have no trouble recommending it.
I have used it all over Perth and also in Albany (it did some
strange things on the way there, like showing my pos as in the
middle of fields parallel to Albany Hwy).
The bluetooth in this one does not interface with a mobile for
calls. I had difficulty setting it up with my laptop and am just
using the USB connection instead.
Andrew
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