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Subject: Re: Mapping

Author:
kursch

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Date Posted: 20:13:13 04/02/04 Fri
In reply to: pathfinder 's message, "Re: Mapping" on 12:02:25 03/31/04 Wed

Are WAAS Enabled GPS units much more expensive than standard GPS? Do new consumer GPS units have the feature built in?

ak

>Belv wrote:
>
>>Dang! I like the mapping thing, but I just don't
>>think that we could map anything correctly in just a
>>couple of days. Not that we're not smart enough or
>>anything, its a town, not a trail or camp.
>>
>>Speaking of mapping, anybody want to map a
>>campground?? I've been talking with the BSA
>>programming director about Camp Gerber in Twin Lake.
>>They need the camp remapped. I have a accurate topo,
>>but the positions of buildings and campsites are
>>wrong. It could be a good training thing.
>>
>
>Why do you say that? With 6-7 people and a qualified
>Pathfinder, we could map the thing in a day. We just
>need 3-4 WAAS enabled GPS's, and a NAD27 overlay on a
>topo map, and we could have the thing accurate within
>1-3 meters.
>
>As senior Pathfinder, I find no reason we can't do
>that.
>
>Pathfinder out.

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Re: Mapping	Pathfinder	20:46:24 04/02/04 Fri