Date:         Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:11:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Chuck Mathis <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Chuck Mathis <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: GPS recommendations, handheld & incar?
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Mike,

I think you misunderstood, the problem was not in the GPS - our
positions were pretty much dead on - the problem was the mapping data
used by Street Atlas.  In some areas it can be quite old based on the
last USGS quad update.  Quite old can be relative I've used nautical
charts that were last updates in the 20's and topo maps done in the
30s that were dead on but here in Houston information from last month
can be way out of date.

Chuck

On Sep 28, 2008, at 10:49 AM, Mike wrote:

> Ah yes, isn't GPS a real kick in the teeth?
> I've had some 'experiences' of my own, but not on that scale!
>
> Mike B.
>
>> Several years ago when a coworker and I were doing field work in
>> Wyoming using a DeLorme GPS/laptop/Street Atlas setup to find our way
>> through the wilds we followed a mapped road across the back of a
>> large
>> strip mine operation to the point the only way out was through the
>> front gate or turn around and go back the way we came.  On another
>> day
>> on the same job we found a mapped road that ended at the top of a 70
>> foot bluff but the map showed the road continuing several more miles.
>> Chuck
>> '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'