<div>Someone just asked me off list what DAO is...</div>
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<div>DAO in a nushell is one extra digit of precision on a normal aprs packet. </div>
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<div>Here's a snippet from Bob's page..</div>
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<div>FORMAT: The format of this APRS Precision-and-Datum option is the presence<br>of a 5 byte field !DAO! appearing anywhere in the position comment field.<br>This option is backwards compatible beacause the basic DDMM.HH/DDDMM.HH <br>
format is retained and will still be decoded by all existing applications.<br>The !DAO! simply provides the additional precision down to a foot or so<br>and also identifies the datum:<br><br> !DAO! - is fixed length anywhere in the position commment<br>
D - is the datum identifier (base-91)<br> A - is the added LAtitude precision (base-91)<br> O - is the added LOngitude precision (base-91)<br><br>RECOMMENDATION: Recommend placing this option on the END of all other<br>
position comment text. This way it does not displace any human readable<br>comment text that is otherwise desired to display on older systems. This<br>added option may extend beyond the existing "viewable" limit of 57 bytes<br>
currently in the spec since these added bytes are not used by legacy <br>systems anyway.<br><br>PRECISION: There are three degrees of precision offered by this option.<br><br> 1) HUMAN READABLE, Thousandths of a minute. This is good to the<br>
nearest 6 feet or so and being human readable gives even users<br> of the D7 and D700 or any other existing application the ability<br> to human read position to 3 decimal digits of Minutes. This <br> format is identified if the Datum byte is in uppercase.<br>
<br> 2) BASE-91. This adds additional precision to the nearest 91/ten<br> thousandth of a minute, or about 4 decimal fractional digits of<br> a minute or about one foot. This format is identified if the <br>
datum byte is in lowercase.<br><br> 3) NULL. If the A and O bytes are SPACE characers, then they<br> are only there to fulfill the !DAO! format and imply NO ADDED<br> precision. This is used when one wants to send DATUM info<br>
but without claming added precision. This use of space characters<br> to imply lacking digits of precision is consistent with the<br> existing APRS ambiguity system.<br><br>By the way, for those of you wondering about my tag line... My 8 year old daughter's name is Hope. Must be something about that missing Y chromosome. Talking excessively does seem to run on that side of the aisle.</div>
</div>-- <br>Wes<br>---<br>Where there's silence, there is no Hope.