[Wylug-discuss] Re: [Wylug-announce] WYLUG Social and micro-mapping

[Paul Brook]

On Thursday 19 June 2008, Stephen Patterson wrote:
> On 19 Jun 08, Dave Fisher (wylug-discuss at davefisher.co.uk) wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 02:44:13PM +0100, Stephen Patterson wrote:
> > > I'll be along on a pushbike, hopefully I can borrow a GPS from someone
> > > there or team up with another cyclist.
> >
> > I was also thinking of going by bike (for greater coverage), but am
> > short of a GPS tracker and bike mount for it. I can probably buy one of
> > the former before Sunday.  That latter may be trickier.
>
> Pocket it? I guess the gps just needs to be turned on unless you're
> using it for navigation too.

GPS units tend to work noticeably better when they have a clear good view of 
the sky. Typically they'll get a signal in a pocket, but with reduced 
accuracy (maybe +=20m rather than +=2m).

Paul