Re: GPS and Map interactivity

From: Karl Pollak (guser_at_nospam.org)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 02:56:15 GMT

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Seagull <seagull@aracnet.com> wrote:

>Most (all?) nav systems do some amount of "road locking" so that you see
>yourself on the road you are driving on and not in the grass next to it.
>This is particularly important since GPS has an accuracy that can range
>from a few feet to several dozen depending on conditions, and the maps
>themselves are limited in size (requiring roads to be approximated rather
>than modeled precisely).

It is also very unfortunate if you happen to be on the grass and the
instrument is telling you "dont worry, be happy, you're the King of the
Road, everything is gonna be alright, you just dirve where you like and
I'll pretend you are doing fine." 

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