If you recall early on in the thread, the original poster stated that it was unsafe to surface away from the boat. FJ >From: "Roger, in Bangkok" >Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: [OT]: Underwater navigation >Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:58:30 +0700 > >This thread strikes me as rather typical of misapplied technologies, or >misdirected thinking. To me, the most obvious solution is one, or both, >of what is already normally at hand for boating and diving enthusiasts. >A hand-held GPS in a water proof housing/bag is not likely to function >very deeply. However, if the boat's location has fixed before the dive, >then all the diver has to do is surface and see how far away and in what >direction the boat is. Now if you happened to have also stuck a marine >band hand-held in the bag, all you have to do is call the boat's skipper >and tell him which way to go to pick you up. > >It seems like a logical thing for the dive boat operator to make >available on a rental basis ... $5 per diving day would be a reasonably >payback for some really great security ... > >Regards/Roger, in Bangkok > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads