I'm a little confused about that as well. They must be transmitters. Either that or we're being watched more than we thought ... ;-) I'll see what I can find out. Cheers, .....G On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 11:16, Hoover wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Gordon Campbell wrote: > > We all knew this was coming: in a test on July 21, ten riders in the > > Tour were equipped with GPS receivers and tracked by the EGNOS system. > > > > More info here: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMUNLV4QWD_index_0.html > > and here: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2004/07/24.html > > This is pretty cool. But I am a bit confused as to how you can monitor > somebody's location by fitting them with a GPS receiver. Wouldn't they > have to have some sort of transmitter too? I'd like to read more about the > transmitters, but the articles make no mention of them. > > I like the 3D rendering of the mountain in the video. > > Hoover > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Kingston Area Geocachers mailing list > //www.freelists.org/webpage/kag -- Gordon Campbell <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxx> ------------------------------------------------------------ Kingston Area Geocachers mailing list //www.freelists.org/webpage/kag