[aprssig] APRS posits at Dayton
Corey Shields cshields at indiana.eduWed May 14 15:13:10 UTC 2008
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Any chance you have that map scanned so the rest of us could print it out and take along? Cheers, -Corey Robert Bruninga wrote: > Remember, you don't need GPS for APRS unless you are lost and > cannot read a map. > > Back in the early days, we even got the Hamvention folks to add > LAT/LONG grid marks on the edges of their brochure maps! Back > then, you just looked at the map, and entered your coordinates, > and could find anyone easily. > > Indoors, the maps work and GPS doesn't. Even at 60 foot > resolution, there are 75 discrete locations inside. In the flea > market, there ar 650 sets of coordinates to help you find > anyone. > > Make it easy to find you. If you are in a booth or flea market > space, Beacon your posit (simplex direct) even if indoors. Zoom > in on Google and write down the coordinates for your space > before you go. Be sure to enter your SPACE number in your > position text too to nail it precisely. > > Mine is something like 3949.29N/08415.29W Flea-2653 (though I am > not selling anything)... > > To find someone indoors, enter your manual position into your > D7, then your radio will tell you which direction and how far > away they are! > > Bob, WB4APR > > > _______________________________________________ > aprssig mailing list > aprssig at lists.tapr.org > https://lists.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig > -- Corey Shields High Performance Systems, Indiana University - UITS http://rtinfo.uits.indiana.edu/hps
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