[GeoStL] Re: Pilots and geocaching
- From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:15:24 -0600
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Well, it isn't so much a matter of getting lost or not getting from
point A to B, but a matter of not making unwanted contact with things in
the process.
Pam Ekey wrote:
>-
>With an accuracy of 4 feet, we can hope they don't get lost in fligt.
>Pam/Tribble
>Dave <d-a-v-e@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>In the November 04 issue of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Pilot
>magazine on page 169, Julie Boatman writes about the Garmin GPS Map 96
>and 96C. In addition to her very nice write up about these units, she
>decided to test the accuracy.
>
>Does she take it up in a plane to test it? No. She takes her friend
>geocaching near the Frederick Municipal Airport in Maryland and finds an
>aviation related geocache wedged in a tree. She says her accuracy was 4
>feet and that was with WAAS turned off.
>
>Apparently, the GPS can not only provide landing approaches, vertical
>navigation, flight timers, airspace and obstacle alerts - but it can
>also find geocaches. Cool!
>
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