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<blockquote data-quote="4ked Horn" data-source="post: 68022" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>I can add a little concerning the use of the GPS. First of all it was not used in ranging the target. You are correct that an elevated vantage point an pre determined waypoints would have been necessary. The shooting position was marked and then after the shot was taken the impact site was marked while at the actual location.</p><p></p><p>As to the accuracy of the measurement, I have located hundreds of geocaches <a href="http://www.geocaching.com" target="_blank">(What's this?)</a> and many many times the GPS has put me within a few feet of the correct location. I have developed a trust of the GPS to the point of being able to navagate with it to return to hunting spots on the river in fog with a visibility of less than 20 feet. Since we were in a flat and treeless area I was receiving a good signal. If we were IN the canyon this would have been a totally different story.</p><p></p><p>I did show an accuracy reading of +/- 15 feet (this is a proclaimed tolerance calculated by the GPS automatically based on recieved signal strength and the number of signals being received) but again since the GPS shows a smooth track from one point to the other (instead of the track looking like a bianary sine wave) we assume that we are the same ammount off at the original waypoint as we are at the second way point.</p><p></p><p>I didn't have a chance to speak much with GG or Brian about it but if GG claimed 10 more yards on his distance which ammounts to the total possible tolerance (putting him at 1887) I think it would have been fair. All measuring techniques have a tolerance and an average of all the readings would have been justifiable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4ked Horn, post: 68022, member: 11"] I can add a little concerning the use of the GPS. First of all it was not used in ranging the target. You are correct that an elevated vantage point an pre determined waypoints would have been necessary. The shooting position was marked and then after the shot was taken the impact site was marked while at the actual location. As to the accuracy of the measurement, I have located hundreds of geocaches [url="http://www.geocaching.com"](What's this?)[/url] and many many times the GPS has put me within a few feet of the correct location. I have developed a trust of the GPS to the point of being able to navagate with it to return to hunting spots on the river in fog with a visibility of less than 20 feet. Since we were in a flat and treeless area I was receiving a good signal. If we were IN the canyon this would have been a totally different story. I did show an accuracy reading of +/- 15 feet (this is a proclaimed tolerance calculated by the GPS automatically based on recieved signal strength and the number of signals being received) but again since the GPS shows a smooth track from one point to the other (instead of the track looking like a bianary sine wave) we assume that we are the same ammount off at the original waypoint as we are at the second way point. I didn't have a chance to speak much with GG or Brian about it but if GG claimed 10 more yards on his distance which ammounts to the total possible tolerance (putting him at 1887) I think it would have been fair. All measuring techniques have a tolerance and an average of all the readings would have been justifiable. [/QUOTE]
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