[gps-talkusers] Re: what are examples of how latitude and longitude are used?
- From: Michael May <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 22:52:37 -0700
Mary Ellen,
If you investigate geocaching.com, you will see that all the GPS searches
are done by presenting the lat/lon. User's plug that into their units and
then get close enough to the cache to figure out the clues also provided
with each cache.
In our Sendero events, we use the lat/lon sometimes in the same way. We
also just give you a POI file and you find your way to the POIs with a clue
as well.
My favorite use of lat/lon is when one of us finds an interesting
restaurant or bar. We use a two way radio to communicate the lat/lon of
the bar to another GPS user. They plug in the coordinates as their
destination, calculate a pedestrian route and then find their way to meet us.
Mike
At 04:31 PM 5/27/2005, you wrote:
Hi!
What are some examples of how Latitude and Longitude are used in an every
day situation? I can see where an airplane pilot would use this but why is
this on our gps units?
I am fascinated simply because I would like to come on the geocaching trip
in September to Maine and would like to know a little more about how to
apply this part of the gps because I have a feeling we just might be given
some clues using this branch of the gps.
Thanks.
Mary Ellen Earls
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