[gps-talkusers] Re: flying into the UK
- From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 07:24:54 +0100
Charles had the receiver next to the window. I was in the isle. It might
have picked up there but I didn't try it.
Mike
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Barry
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:02 AM
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: flying into the UK
Where were you sitting on the plane?
I'd like to try this but I really dislike window seats.
I don't mind so much on a short hop, three hours or less, but beyond that
...
Kevin
At 01:21 PM 7/16/2013, you wrote:
>It has been a while since I used GPS during a flight, with the pilots
>permission.
>
>We were on a 777 and the iBlue acquired easily.
>
>We fly up over Canada and I saw a point I created years ago over Iceland.
>When we got over Scotland and then England, it was fun to see users
>points like the dog run at a hotel recorded by Gavin Atkins, some
>others by JG1104 and more. Glad to see you guys are enriching the
environment.
>
>Now, we are in Birmingham for the Sight Village conference. Looking
>forward to seeing people at our presentation at the HumanWare booth or
>around the hall.
>
>We had a fun hour and a half driving from the airport to test 3 GPS
>systems including the UK version of the Seeing Eye GPS. The main
>differences to deal with are maps and address matching, which is
>handled differently in the databases. Some cool stuff in the works.
>
>Mike
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>Michael May, CEO
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