[gps-talkusers] new feature request
- From: "Scott Ford" <scotte.ford@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:28:35 -0400
Hello Charles and everyone,
I have a feature request that would help me while I am sailing. I
realized that it would help me with orienteering or at least going through
the woods in a straight line. I am going to be crewing on the schooner
Madilan for a week this summer. We will be sailing from Duluth Minnesota to
Marquette Michigan. One of my duties will be to steer the boat. I can get
the heading with no problem; however quickly setting a waypoint, or a
destination, or virtual position out on the horizon at a given distance is
kind of cumbersome and difficult. Most sighted people can set their heading
and pick something on the horizon to steer toward. I would like to be able
to place a waypoint, virtual position, or destination a given distance
straight out in front of my current heading. This would allow me to make
course corrections to maximize the current wind conditions, still allowing
me to steer to that position on the horizon. I would like to have the
distance placement be a variable that allows the distance to be changed.
Scott
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