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- From: kabreuer@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Klaus Breuer)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Re: GPS fix quality (was: Celestial vs. GPS )
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:15:27 GMT
- Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen
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- zielke@hemlock.nrl.navy.mil (David Zielke) writes:
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- >This points out a real problem though. The charts themselves are often not
- >as accurate as we would like to believe our GPS systems are. Differential
- >GPS will make this even worse. I expect to see a lot of people aground
- >because they try sailing full bore in the fog believing that they know
- >EXACTLY where they are!!!
- Wasn't if Joshua Slocum wha said that most ship get lost because they know
- too exactly where they are?
- I never trust maps too much - even Wolfgang Hausner wrecked his 'Taboo' on
- an uncharted reef...
-
- Ciao,
- Klaus
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- Klaus Breuer, Rudelsweiher Str. 6b, 8520 Erlangen, Germany
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