[BC] Re: GPS

[Glen Kippel]

I can certainly see that, while GPS may not be sufficiently accurate to set
up your radials in the first place, once the MPs are set then using a GPS to
find them again might be faster than the old method of "after the third
mailbox on the right, turn onto the dirt road, go about 1/4 mile and look
for the big tree."  BTDT.

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com> wrote:

> Absolutely not.  You first need to establish a target radial line on new
> proofs by going out to the far end and define the correct bearing and create
> the radial inside the GPS RX. Then seek to locate and define points on that
> line.  Forget absolute coordinate location as they're most likely off  by
> some distance.  And point to point doesn't yield correct distance and
> bearing data either.
>
> Once you have the points defined, then any means of navaid, (such as TOM
> TOM, to achieve locate and access the points will suffice.
>