Re: GPS Routing in UK
- From: "R.Peffers." <peffers50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:21:53 +0100
"Phil Wheeler" <w6tuh-ng7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Phil Wheeler wrote:I've been involved in several ways with navigational aids from using compass
There was an interesting commentary on CBS-TV last night, with the
reporter being from the UK.
Gist was that GPS can result in some very strange routes over there (no
mention of model/brand). He cited two examples: One which took the
driver on a route requiring fording of a river; and the other involving
climbing "a mountain". In both cases there were warning signs saying not
to drive the road involved.
Since I've read reports here of similar routing problems, it was
interesting to hear. So far I've been unable to find a transcript on
line; perhaps it is too early.
Here are two links.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2142179,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/4879026.stm
They appear to be the basis of the report I mentioned above.
Phil
and paper maps, to RADAR, SONAR, the old Decca Navigator, the French Loran
and now Sat/Nav. In all cases the equipments were described as,
"Navigational Aids". The ultimate responsibility of choosing a route remains
with the skill of the human navigator and not the equipments he/she uses.
As young cadets we were taken on a 30 mile round trip and dropped off in
rough country in groups of five at intervals. We were given an OS map and
nothing else. We were in covered vehicles and in an area none of us knew. We
had to do that 30 mile trek back to camp with check points to call at en
route. Obviously the first task was to read the map and decide from that
just where we were. Then we had to plot a route to the nearest check point
but, being on foot, we had to make allowance for any kind of hazard whether
man made or natural. The obvious first move was to read the date on the map
to see how old it was and thus how out of date. Sat/Nav is just another
navigational aid and no more trustworthy than any other and no more
up-to-date than the map it uses.
--
Robert Peffers,
Kelty,
Fife,
Scotland, (UK).
(When replying take pam away from peffers.
Scotland).
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