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Re: Cell phone time, dip at beach!
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2005 Apr 10, 20:56 +0100
From: Zvi Doron
Date: 2005 Apr 10, 20:56 +0100
He has gone to the beach ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter FoggTo: Sent: 10 April 2005 20:50 Subject: Re: Cell phone time, dip at beach! > Hey Mike, for more accurate results you might be better off getting as high > as you can, despite not knowing exactly your elevation. You're right, the > issues involved have been extensively discussed here fairly regularly. Take > a cruise through the archives. > > What happened to the bloke who was going to put together a FAQ? > > ________________________________________ > From: Mike Burkes > > 2.Dip at beach: This issue may have been batted around the List before but > is there a prescribed method of determining height of eye for dip correction > at beach? I would venture a guess if elevation is known at that precise spot > that would be one way but I try to get as close as possible to water in > order to minimize eye height.