[aprssig] Google Maps on Cell Phones

Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo.com
Mon Jan 7 12:38:13 EST 2008


On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Joel Maslak wrote:

> Then transmit your beacons with position ambiguity turned
> on (too bad position ambiguity is designed for squares corresponding
> to fractional degrees of lat/long rather than a center point with an
> "uncertainty" radius).

I'm being _very_ nitpicky here, but they're rectangles in most
(all?) parts of the world.  Actually, depending on the projection
and scale they might be _like_ rectangles but with curved lines.
;-)

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