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Sharksbaja
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Should some GPS knowledge be private?
My question is simple:
Is it ok to post GPS data from wherever, whenever?
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Bob and Susan
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yea...the White House...the nuclear power plant...Hoover DAM
it's ok to post the location of Osama Bin
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Sharksbaja
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But not your house?
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comitan
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The GPS system was released to the public to use, why should it be restricted in any way. When it was released to the public there never was any
restrictions put on it for public use. The answer to your question is yes.
I would be interested in why you think might think it shouln't be posted on this site.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
The GPS system was released to the public to use, why should it be restricted in any way. When it was released to the public there never was any
restrictions put on it for public use. The answer to your question is yes.
I would be interested in why you think might think it shouln't be posted on this site. |
So it wouldn't bother you in the least if the GPS data for your home was posted anywhere, anytime?
It is the privacy issue I talkin' about.
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Bob and Susan
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if you look at "google earth" you will see a picture of our house with just an address and not even using gps
I sure if "they" can give this info to the world for free "they" could watch me mowing the lawn today... 
Post the gps stuff...that's the future
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MrBillM
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GPS
If you've got a map you can plot in the Lat/Lon of the White House. What they should be doing for Security sites is using the previously established
variation factors no matter how inconvenient that might be.
As far as Baja goes, I suppose it's too late to keep the San Felipe area a secret. If they know how to get there, they may as well be able to find
anywhere else.
Back in the days when I lived down in the Indio area, we would go out fishing on the Salton Sea. All of the fishermen had CB radios and the locals
would communicate the fishing sites in code so that ONLY they knew where the fish were biting. This secret GPS info seems to be the same line of
thinking.
I can't criticize since I'd do the same thing.
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comitan
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I don't have the way point for my house if I did it wouldn't bother me a bit to have them published. I think Bob& Susans Post takes some of the
bite out of the issue.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Diver
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There are a few out-of-the-way hot springs in the northwest that I charge big $$ for the coordinates.
Almost guaranteed to have hot water, privacy, naked women (if you bring them), cold beer (if you bring some) and good times for all.
Prices vary by season and whether or not you invite me along.
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Bob and Susan
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"Almost guaranteed to have hot water, privacy, naked women (if you bring them), cold beer (if you bring some) and good times for all."
All you need is a BOAT for that!!!
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Diver
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OK, then I'll charge for the coordinates for my boat !
Prices will vary accordingly.
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David K
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Exactly...
Anyway, I will agree with Sharksbaja that GPS waypoints should not be posted for any places that don't want visitors (like some rancho's private mota
garden)... And none are, to my knowledge.
GPS directions to open, public areas for the enjoyment of the hiker or traveler to visit, is just a new way to provide directions and it's a fun way,
too!
Peace!
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comitan
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Sorry Diver they don't have much value for us full time Baja people its just to cold up there, Bring um down here we have hot springs just need naked
women. We can share the bounty, from the sale of the coodinates.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Exactly...
Anyway, I will agree with Sharksbaja that GPS waypoints should not be posted for any places that don't want visitors (like some rancho's private mota
garden)... And none are, to my knowledge.
GPS directions to open, public areas for the enjoyment of the hiker or traveler to visit, is just a new way to provide directions and it's a fun way,
too!
Peace! |
There ya go Dave, I knew there WAS an exception.
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comitan
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Just because David agrees with you that does not dispell the fact that someone can take the coordinates of any place or many and publish them, even in
a book and charge for it.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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rpleger
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?Any body want to buy the coordinates to my house?
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
Just because David agrees with you that does not dispell the fact that someone can take the coordinates of any place or many and publish them, even in
a book and charge for it. |
Correcto Comitan.
Like I said, "some places"
It may not be funny to everyone
Why is that so hard to understand for Americans.
Why shouldn't Mexicans property coordinates be published? I can think of a couple. Would any of them care? I think a few probably would.
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comitan
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What you are trying to say is that people should use discretion when posting GPS coodinates. That would include a location in any country.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Bob and Susan
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I too think SOME gps coordinates should not be posted but some could.....
like disneyland
or downtown Ensanada
or the boat ramp at Santa Rosalia
or Pam Bolles Baja BIG Fish store
but gps coordinates like David K's house SHOULD NOT be posted...EVER!!!
and don't post mine....right now at least
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jerry
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ok so we decide that some can and some cant who draws the line?? where is the line drawn?? hows it gona be inforsed?? im thinking that other then
individual choices will be peeing into the wind no matter what. your gona get some on ya have a good one
jerry and judi
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