[gps-talkusers] How fast were you going before the crash?

Hello, Gerry,
You will find that true of well over half of the cars you test.  There is a 
built-in plus error of about 5 mph at an indicated speed of over 60.  It's a 
psychological thing, it makes drivers slow down just a little.  When I was 
in the US, I was driving a 1991 Jeep Cherokee.  The car had the 4 liter 
straight 6 engine, and had well over 100,000 miles on it, all well used and 
abused.  I was really amazed at the power of that engine.  Very strong from 
a start, and actually able to easily reach and sustain a true 100 mph 
according to my GPS.  Of course, the speedometer only went up to 85 mph, and 
it indicated 85 when the GPS was saying only about 80mph.  Just another 
piece of trivia for you.

Dick Myers

From: "gerry leary" <lgerry3@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Fwd: Mapping the Disney Resort
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 07:49:02 -0700

before I was a coffee roaster, I was a car mechanic.  I purchased the
original GPS talk, and found that over half of the cars that I rode in had a
speedometer that did not read correctly.  I even checked about a dozen at an
official dinomomiter to see if my GPS was accurate.  I found that it
generally was.  I also found that over fifty percent of cars that I tested
had incorrect readings of at least five miles per hour.  Gerry
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From: "vincent" <vinnroc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:55 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Fwd: Mapping the Disney Resort


 > That is something I never thought of.  Checking the speed of the roller
 > coaster.  Since that is a key part to amusement park advertising.  You'll
 > know if you got your money's worth.
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:47 PM
 > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Fwd: Mapping the Disney Resort
 >
 >
 >> One of the first public GPS demonstrations we ever did was at Disney 
Land
 >> in 1996. We mapped several park points. Main Street and a few other
 > streets
 >> were already in the map data. We ended up by riding the Eutopia cars and
 >> yes, the blind people were driving without guides. Not that the GPS
 >> helped
 >> with that.
 >>
 >> I will write John off list because a Disney rep was at the recent ATIA
 >> conference in Orlando and we discussed this various subject.
 >>
 >> I also had another experience in 1997 when the Strider GPS won an
 >> Innovation award and we demonstrated it inside Disney World at a booth
 >> for
 >> 3 days. It was a trippy experience to be an exhibit rather than 
attending
 >> them. I'll have to calculate the speed of the roller coasters next time 
I
 >> go with my PK.
 >>
 >> Mike
 >>
 >>
 >> At 10:42 AM 2/16/2005, you wrote:
 >> >Hello everyone,
 >> >I received the following message and wanted to forward it to the list 
to
 >> >see if anyone has been to Disneyland and tried to map out the grounds?
 >> >Thanks,
 >> >Kim
 >> >
 >> > >HI,
 >> > >I use the Braille Note with Version 2 of the GPS maps.
 >> > >I work for Disney Travel and book the reservations into our three
 > Disney
 >> > >hotels at the disneyland Resort.
 >> > >I was the first totally blind person hired at the resort in 2003.
 >> > >The resort would also like to begin hiring blind and visually 
impaired
 >> > >individuals to other resort jobs besides hotel reservations in the
 > future
 >> > >and I have been invited to help with this process.
 >> > >While talking with my supervisor about those jobs blind people could
 > not
 >> > >currently do at the theme parks, I mentioned that getting around
 >> > >disneyland, California Adventure and Down town disney without sighted
 >> > >assistance would be difficult if not impossible.
 >> > >I have always wanted to take my Braille Note with GPS and map out the
 > parks.
 >> > >She thought that was a great idea and we are planning on spending
 > several
 >> > >days at disneyland to se if this experiment would work.
 >> > >If disneyland works out I could then do the same for California
 > Adventure,
 >> > >Down town disney and the three resort hotels.
 >> > >
 >> > >I am wondering if anyone has tried to walk through disneyland and
 >> > >basically create wave points and points of interest in files that
 >> > >could
 > be
 >> > >used for other blind people.
 >> > >In creating such a file it would be possible for blind people to
 > navigate
 >> > >around disneyland and could also result in blind people being hired 
to
 >> > >work in the park.
 >> > >Do you know if anyone has attempted this project?
 >> > >My experience with using GPS is very limmited in that I just haven't
 > had
 >> > >the time to spend since being hired by disney Travel.
 >> > >My goal is to become very vamiliar with the various keystrokes and
 >> > >commands which would then allow me to create POIS and Wave Points in 
a
 >> > >Disneyland file which I could ultimately share with other blind 
people
 > who
 >> > >might want to visit the park on their own.
 >> > >I was planning to identify every trash can, bench, restaurant, shop,
 >> > >bathroom and attraction in this file.
 >> > >
 >> > >Perhaps others could do something similar for other amusement parks 
in
 >> > >California and throughout the country and world.
 >> > >What do you think?
 >> > >Is such a project feasible?
 >> > >John
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
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