Re: New Magellan Group

From: Jon Parmet (jon_at_parmetpc.volpe.dot.gov)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: 27 Aug 2004 09:38:21 -0700

John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:<75pXc.9869$54.142183@typhoon.sonic.net>...
> [POSTED TO sci.geo.satellite-nav - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
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> In <f0701dba.0408260821.3ef7ec3c@posting.google.com> on 26 Aug 2004 09:21:02
> -0700, jon@parmetpc.volpe.dot.gov (Jon Parmet) wrote:
>
> >John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:<ntgXc.9823$54.141468@typhoon.sonic.net>...
>
> >> In <vi2ri0913r5p5sm2a56rjtgh9lumjoq6u7@4ax.com> on Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:05:01
> >> GMT, kashe@sonic.net wrote:
>
> >> > Many like to work within Yahoo if they feel the group is less
> >> >polluted than the Usenet groups.
> >
> >That's what they get for putting [alt.satellite.gps.magellan]
> >in the alt hierarchy :P
>
> 1. sci.geo.satellite-nav, while logical and valid, suffers from being an
> unobvious with regard to GPS.

true. i recall people coming in here asking about DIRECTV and Comms
Satellite a few times.

> 2, There are many groups in alt.* that are every bit as respectable as Big
> Eight groups; e.g., the alt.cellular.* hierarchy.

of course. it does have that history though and i was joking on it ;)
don't many a server still block feeds from that hierarchy?
 
> >Who remembers the countless arguments, um, er, discussions about
> >sci.geo.satellite-nav.<various_and_sundry_things> and then whether
> >'satellite-nav' should have been a child of 'sci.geo.' to begin with?
>
> I think the bigger problem is the lack of "gps" in the name.

yeah. although 'gps' has become synonymous with the U.S.
implementation, so it could be confusing to new folk.

i recall another issue was whether it belonged inside .geo. or not.

i think with the explosion in the use of Google, the names almost
don't mean as much as they used to. i'd bet many a new folk are
searching and hitting links w/o even looking at Newsgroup: they're
lookiing for hits on Subject:

> >I kind of wished s.g.s-n had been split a little, and still would
> >support it if/when it comes up again. I myself don't really care about
> >the threads on how to do <m-cominbations of settings/options> on
> ><n-combinations of Garmin/Magellan models>....
>
> Me too. My current thinking is something like:
>
> sci.geo.satellite-nav
> sci.geo.satellite-nav.gps
> sci.geo.satellite-nav.gps.garmin
> sci.geo.satellite-nav.gps.magellan
> sci.geo.satellite-nav.galileo

i recall the main reason for not creating .gps and .galileo was that,
at the time, there wasn't enough posts in each distinct category to
warrant it. of course, w/o it you can not only be on-topic in either
case, but also when posting about Transit or Omega :D

with EGNOS due up to the plate soon, one would expect the traffic to
increase and maybe splitting should be revisted, as there'd be more of
an argument for it with the keepers

i think the same argument held true at the time on .<brand name> . one
option was .hardware and .software and i think there was .theory as
well, to have a place for receiver-independant posts.

> >I say that s.g.s-n still has withstood a pretty good test of time and
> >continues to have one of the better S/N of any of the groups I visit.
> >I really don't care which non-NNTP community people go to, nor how
> >many new ones are created; I'll continue hanging here for the
> >foreseeable future as it's the best collection of resources (people,
> >topics, references) out there.
> >
> >IOW: It ain't broke... ;)
>
> I generally agree, although I do think there's also a role for
> alt.satellite.gps.magellan, and for other major brand groups as well, unless
> and until this group is similarly split.

.hardware works for me. you can always

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