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Re: New inovation in astro navigation?
From: Greg R_
Date: 2010 Jul 30, 15:13 -0700
From: Greg R_
Date: 2010 Jul 30, 15:13 -0700
Not to speak for the original poster, but I believe he said "in the case of GPS system outage". -- GregR On 7/30/2010 2:55:08 PM, Douglas Denny (douglas.denny@btopenworld.com) wrote: > Dear Ike, > > I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is unfortunately a flaw in > your reasoning which I am sure others will see too: > > you say: " ....with a digital camera in place of the human eye", and > mention various other computer-aided devices; asking: > "Does the world need a device that is relatively simple to operate to tell > ones rough position in the case of GPS system outage?" > > If there is going to be a device to replace the sextant and almanac in > case the electronics and/or battery in the GPS packs-up, then I do not see > replacing GPS with another electronic device solves our problem. One might > as well buy another GPS as back-up. > > Douglas Denny. > Chichester. England.
