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

Hello Richard,

I found that to be true very much of the time.  Also that jeep engine is a 
good one.  I also found that I got the best GPS accuracy when I was 
traveling at a consistent rate of speed for at least one minute.  Gerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Myers" <dkmyers28@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:06 PM
Subject: [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>
> Reply-To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vincent" <vinnroc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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