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Re: Dependence on GPS
From: John Huth
Date: 2009 Oct 28, 13:57 -0400
From: John Huth
Date: 2009 Oct 28, 13:57 -0400
I've stopped using a GPS altogether. I do a lot of sea kayaking and found that it fosters a false sense of security. The marine environment seems to wreak havoc on the receiver. After two years of paddling with one, the receiver failed. I purchased another one, and again, after about two years, the second receiver failed.
Now, I rely on old-fashioned map+compass+dead reckoning work. Recently, when I was doing a 2 mile crossing between islands off the coast of Maine, I was fog-bound. In setting a course, I factored in the likely drainage of a large bay to my north, and was able to hit a navigation buoy one mile through the passage dead-on. I think if I had a GPS, I would have become only confused.
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Now, I rely on old-fashioned map+compass+dead reckoning work. Recently, when I was doing a 2 mile crossing between islands off the coast of Maine, I was fog-bound. In setting a course, I factored in the likely drainage of a large bay to my north, and was able to hit a navigation buoy one mile through the passage dead-on. I think if I had a GPS, I would have become only confused.
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