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Re: GPS receivers?

To: mjb@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: GPS receivers?
From: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:14:31 -0400 (EDT)
I don't think you'll get sufficient resolution from normal GPS
receivers -- their resolution is in the hundreds of feet.  Would the
airport manager allow you to set surveyors metal disks or such into
the tarmac?  If so, you could use a metal detector to locate each
cone's location.

HTH,
Donald.

> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:27:21 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@autox.team.net>
> 
> 
> How accurate and repeatable are currently available GPS devices?
> 
> My motivation for this actually stems from road racing.  Here in the
> Salt Lake City area, we have racers but no race track.  We do have a club
> that runs "vintage" races out on the concrete of the historic Wendover
> airfield. [ http://www.team.net/ivr ]
> 
> For the last few years we've used the same course, with the cone
> locations painted on the surface.  Now the new airport manager has
> said we can no longer make permanent markings on the surface.  And
> there is also a chance we may have to modify our course to adapt to
> some changes being made.  So a new course, no way to mark it and very
> few points of reference [ http://www.team.net/ivr/images/ivr_21.jpg]
> for layout hints.  So would it be possible to locate some critical
> apexes and such using a handheld GPS, with the less important cones
> just filled in where it looks about right?
> 
> mjb.

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