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Re: GPS & Magnetic Bearings
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2003 Feb 9, 22:56 -0500
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2003 Feb 9, 22:56 -0500
>GPS has no provision to determine direction. For example on a trip to >Japan I had a way point for my hotel in a big city. Many blocks away I >knew I needed to head in a certain direction to get back, but the GPS has >no compass functionality. Now some models do (even handheld). Some Garmin and Magellan recents models integrate and active compass. Pierre Boucher ************************************************************************** X XX X Pierre Boucher N XXX XX formation en navigation de plaisance XXXX XXX Ste-Therese (Quebec) Canada XXXXX XXX XXXXXX XXX la "VOILE"... le reste n'est que du vent... XXXXXXXXXXXXXX ''Sail, Sail !''... the rest is only wind XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX EMAIL: pboucher@lavoile.com XXX "http://www.lavoile.com" **************************************************************************