[gps-talkusers] e: Re: 000 miles of inaccuracy?

  • From: Kevin Chao <101130189@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:08:11 -0700

Andy,

It takes 3 satellites to get a good fix, which

i; why with 1 satellite my posittion got sent back to the zero
zero.
Kevin  ----- Original Message -----
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:08:02 -0700
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: 000 miles of inaccuracy?

I thought it took at least 3 satellites to get a fix at all.
Andy


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin
Chao
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:17 PM
To: Gps List
Subject: [gps-talkusers] 000 miles of inaccuracy?

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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