Ridecamp: [RC] GPS - Calling Monte Mitts!

>From what I've heard, GPS are not all that accurate especially if there are
trees in the way. Even on open road, the signals the satellite
receives/sends are intermittent at specific timed intervals, so if you have
any curves at all or if the satellite doesn't pick up a change of direction
for a bit of time, the GPS draws a line from the last point received to the
next time it receives the signal. I don't know what those timed intervals
are, maybe 4-5 seconds; I don't know.

GPS are good for some applications, but I don't think from what I've been
told it's very accurate. Monte Mitts is a great one to explain how it works
and doesn't work.

Hey Monte! Care to chime in guy?

Happy Tails,

Susan & Fly Bye

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of April Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:28 AM
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC] GPS
>
>
>
> So do we need to clear it with ride management to use a GPS on the trail?
> I've never done a ride with a GPS, but I'm training with one and was
> planning to use it on my next ride in September.
>
> I think it's a great tool and I can't see how rule 6 would
> proclude its use.
> It's not a human, vehicle, or another horse. It's just a big
> calculator to
> me that tells me how far I've gone, how fast I'm going, and my average
> speed. I can get that by looking at the trail map and my watch,
> right? Gonna
> ban my watch and trail map? And the GPS has the added benefit of
> getting me
> back to camp if I get lost for some reason. (Anybody can follow an arrow,
> right? :) ). The GPS just allows me to concentrate on my horse
> and the trail
> without having to do annoying calculations in my head to see how fast/far
> we've gone.
>
> Just curious. I don't get the endurance news. I'm planning on getting my
> membership in December.
>
> April (That thing on my head? It's the antenna to my horse's speedometer!)
> Tanna (Trot, trot, trot)
> Serts (You look goofy with that thing on your head)
> Daniel (COOL!)
>
> april@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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