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Re[2]: GPS Accuracy

Jeff Butts (koala@KHARDUIN.NET)
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:56:23 -0600


Hello James,

Monday, 20 July 1998, you wrote:

JHM> As long as the GPS map is correct or available. Remember it is a small
JHM> world and once you are outside the US, everything changes.

Things are also quite a bit different if your GPS fails for whatever
reason...remember, electronic devices ARE susceptible to failure...the
batteries could leak inside the thing, rendering it useless until
serviced...you could drop it too hard and break it...there's really no
excuse to NOT have a paper map in your pack along with everything
else. After all, how much space does a map take?

YiS,
Jeff Butts
koala@kharduin.net
Kirk 56th Scout Troop
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

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