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

[Roy Mac]

Keep in mind that at 54 degrees north, the GPS satellites are largely towards the southern sky.  There will be times where they are straight overhead or slightly to the northeast and northwest depending on your longitude.  These satellites will never be to the north from this latitude.  Therefore, it will be helpful to avoid blockage from southern sky.  I am not sure how much blockage the human body will add.  It might be good to try some experiments ahead of time to determine how much your body blocks the signals.  These satellites are in 12 hour orbits, so it would be good to try it several times throughout the day as the geometries are constantly changing.

roym


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From: wylug-discuss-bounces at wylug.org.uk [mailto:wylug-discuss-bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 7:10 PM
To: wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Wylug-discuss] Re: [Wylug-announce] WYLUG Social and micro-mapping

On Thursday 19 June 2008 18:54:35 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.

Or what about one of those see-through map pockets that hang round your neck?

Anne

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