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Re: Watch into Compass?
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Feb 12, 17:13 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Feb 12, 17:13 EST
David W wrote:
"Accuracy to the umpth degree is pretty nearly useless when you hiking about in the woods. "
Well, clearly we don't need 1 degree or even 5 degree accuracy. What would you say would qualify as "accurate enough"? Clearly 90 degree error is unacceptable. How about 45 degree error?? How far off would the usual 'Boy Scout' method be? Is there really even a well-specified method here?
Frank E. Reed
[X] Mystic, Connecticut
[ ] Chicago, Illinois
"Accuracy to the umpth degree is pretty nearly useless when you hiking about in the woods. "
Well, clearly we don't need 1 degree or even 5 degree accuracy. What would you say would qualify as "accurate enough"? Clearly 90 degree error is unacceptable. How about 45 degree error?? How far off would the usual 'Boy Scout' method be? Is there really even a well-specified method here?
Frank E. Reed
[X] Mystic, Connecticut
[ ] Chicago, Illinois
