RF Jim wrote:
> > GPS is a consumer item and receivers are mass produced.
>
> Bzzzt!  Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Error!!!
>
> 'Consumer item'? Care to explain in light of the
> fact that GPS was a born out a military development
> project AND many levels of GPS service/accuracy are
> available depending on the equipment chosen?

Exactly! You can walk into WalMart and buy a hand held GPS for not
much more than the cost of a good gun.
Heck, USA troops used "consumer" GPSs in the Gulf War and the latest
'terrorist eviction'.

If you want more accuracy you buy an 'industrial' survey unit, and if
you want to fly a Cruise missile through Sadam's front window, you
buy a military grade unit.

I think Tony has to balance the cost, performance and reliability of GPS
against the price point for his product. He didn't really give us enough
information to give a 'good' answer.

I really hate it when people come to me and ask 'Where can I buy X?' and
after they do buy it, they come back to me and complain that 'It didn't work'.
Well, you didn't tell me what the REAL problem was. YOU decided on what
solution you wanted and I told you where to go buy it. If I knew what problem
you were ACTUALLY trying to solve, I may have given you a 'better' answer.

Robert

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