[aprssig] APRS LAT/LONG standards
Robert Bruninga
bruninga at usna.edu
Fri May 27 09:31:41 EDT 2005
>Speaking of coordinates and phonetics,...
>A selection of 256 different two-syllable words
>could encode 8 bits per word. Six words would
>...encode a position anywhere... within a few meters.
Further unrelated, of course, is that Mic-E packets
can spell words. I carefully looked at the major
4 letter bad words and designed the Mic-E
protocol to place those in the oceans or well
out of the USA. That is why there is a bit
inversion in some of the bits.
Just a histroical tid-bit
Bob, Wb4APR
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