[gps-talkusers] Re: 000 miles of inaccuracy?
- From: Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:34:44 -0700
Kevin,
Your guess as to the problem is a good one. A zero zero lat/lon would be around
7000 miles away. With one satellite, there really wasn't a proper fix.
Mike
At 05:16 PM 6/2/2006, you wrote:
>Dear GPS Listserv,
>
>Earlier today, I was testing out a manual route at my high school campus. I
>was able to get a fix for most of the areas that I needed, but I ran into a
>problem, when I marked my last waypoint, I couldn't get a fixed, then I
>waited, I got a fix, but a poor fix with 1 satellite. I went ahead and marked
>it, since it was a test. After I finished marking the waypoints, I found that
>when I arrived at my final waypoint, which was the location I only received 1
>satellite, it said "arrived near destination," but when I check the distance
>from my current position to the destination, with the letter d, it said
>destination 12 o'clock 7000 miles. I am not sure if that has something to do
>with me not receiving a fix, then receiving a terrible fix, then me still
>continuing to mark the waypoint.
>
>I am sure it has nothing to do with the way I marked the points, as I have
>done this before successfully.
>
>I hope that someone out there is able to answer to why I received an
>inaccuracy ready of over 7000 miles, if you are wanting to examine my manual
>route, please feel free to notify me, I will be delighted to share the manual
>route--especially if it will bring us one step closer to exactly what happened.
>Kevin
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