> Loran might get you a position to 50-60 meters after much 
> development work on your part, but for one hell of a lot less 
> work and money you can get down to a couple of meters of 
> position with a cheap GPS module. I can understand an 
> intellectual pursuit but what will you have in the end? 

Actually it was the idea of another teacher, but the answer is of
course: something interesting for our students to do! And from what I
read Loran C can be better than 50-60 meters in repeatability (!=
accuracy), which is what matters for a roaming robot.

Wouter van Ooijen

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