Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/29

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Subject: [Leica] re:GPS
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri Aug 29 12:19:59 2008
References: <4BC1E0C648494C539285FEDD876AA31D@Bigguy> <200808291415.AXB55928@rg5.comporium.net> <4cfa589b0808291052g32ae76b0k64436168a9c5249b@mail.gmail.com>
 
At 01:52 PM 8/29/2008, you wrote:
>Be sure to buy a GPS that has a barometric altimeter rather than
>relying on GPS for altitude since down in the canyon you won't have an
>unobstructed view of the entire sky which will limit the angular
>spread of available satellites giving you less precision especially
>for altitude.
>Adam

Thanks, Adam. That's the kind of thing I need to know.  I'll look up 
the specs on the ones I'm considering.

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
In reply to: Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] re:GPS)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] re:GPS)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] re:GPS)