Re: what happened to this group?

On Feb 12, 4:05 pm, "Tom H." <tom_rea...@xxxxxxxxxx*.net> wrote:
I agree with Miso, there are still some units that are in no way dumbed down
compared to say 10-12 years ago.  I also have 60CSx and it is much more
capable and user adjustable than the GPS 40 I got in 1994.

But yes, as GPS goes more mainstream there are fewer folks who seem to be
techno buffs that want to understand more about it.  Also there are now
usenet groups directed as specific brands of GPS and those see more
conversations than this NG.

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On Feb 10, 7:37 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
Geez, isn't anyone talking about GPS any more?

You stay away for a few years and when you look in all the articles are
flame wars relating to a highly creative interpretation of relativity..

For emacs/gnus users:

~/News/sci.geo.satellite-nav.SCORE:

(("xref"
("physics" -1000 nil s))
(mark -100)
(expunge -999))

Hand held GPS receivers (in my opinion) are becoming less capable
in terms of useful system and navigational information--being
dumbed down, if you will. As embedded gps becomes more prevalent
in cars, ipods, cell phones, computers and cameras... separate
handhelds will start to disappear.

Along with that transparency is the need for technical discussion
in these newsgroups. USENET quality, in general has delined in the
last ten years (again my opinion). However, I'm not giving up on
USENET yet.

Thanks, Wolfgang, for your contributions in the past and the dgpsip
server you operate.

-Sam

I think my GPS60CSx is an order of magnitude better than my old emap.
Just what exactly has been dumbed down?

I know what you mean about embedded GPSs. I'd hate to have to depend
on a cellphone GPS for hiking. The database and firmware are half the
product. It simply isn't enough to be able to receive GPS signals, but
rather you need a box that makes the information useful.

I think the trend to touch screens is going to be bad for the hiking
users. Those screens can't be as reliable as a keypad.
.

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