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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by beercan
Reread my post ! It is right on !!From Florida to Canada to the tip . It is as I stated ! |
Beercan, re-read the posts, and put your thinking cap on. It is clear that you do not understand what was posted.
Here is a quiz for you:
1. What is the difference between GPS and the cartography used by a chartplotter?
2. If GPS accuracy is less than 300 feet what happens to that submerged rock that can sink your boat?
3. Even if GPS accuracy is less than 1 foot, what happens to that point that is charted to be two miles from where it actually is, I am in the middle
of the night and can't see further than six feet because of fog and I have no radar and seas are 20 feet?
Please note that the inaccuracy of the charts for much of the Sea of Cortez (not the GPS) is an aknowledged fact by all GPS manufacturers - as
Pescador was told when he called them.
I have been there and done that with these facts, sir, and my experience does not in any way affect your knowledge in flying an aircraft.
[Edited on 4-8-2006 by Roberto]
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PJC
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Do the Aircraft GPS units not use accurate lat and long for airstrips, landing fields and navaids rather than simply using map/chart data?
[Edited on 4-8-2006 by PJC]
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Aircraft GPS--
Yes, airports are referenced bylat& long---however the the topo items that I mentioned are RIGHT ON!
The newer panel mount Garmin in my plane is accurate to about 1 meter. It agrees with the older Lowrance portable .
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Beercan, I am a pilot and I know that the charts are Aeronautical charts in the GPS Aviation and the Charts in the Blue charts are Marine. Now if I
wanted to land at the airport in my Center Console I would be in great shape. 
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Pompano
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Cypress and other fishermen.....rely only on 'your OWN waypoints on YOUR best gps' for your marine needs. I have all the old sea charts, maps,
cards, etc. on every pile of rocks, points, and fishing holes from Sta. Rosalia to Punta Pulpito. No two are alike. My own stored waypoints have
brought me home through the fog many a time...and sometimes even in the boat.
As far as getting into an airplane...that is an unnatural act.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
My own stored waypoints have brought me home through the fog many a time...and sometimes even in the boat.
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What kinda fog ya talkin' about there?
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Pompano
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PJC..no fogs in Fugi? We have a variety of them here....
This is one...
appearing out of the fog...'Osprey Rock', next to the old mine at Pt. Conception.
We had motored about 25 miles offshore chasing dorado when a dense peasoup fog rolled in..cutting visibilty to almost zero. I set a course on my
gps's waypoint for the Osprey Rock and found the familiar landmark coming out of...da-dum...da-dum....the FOG.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Pompano
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more fog...
near Jesus Maria and Laguna Manuela....rolling across the desert.
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Pompano
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foggy a lot here...
Oregon Coast...beautiful, but chilly at times.
[Edited on 4-9-2006 by Pompano]
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Pompano
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got a little foggy myself once.....
the end.
[Edited on 4-9-2006 by Pompano]
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