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"Smart" Phone GPS App
MaxOHMS
Member Posts: 14,715
We had a Father/Son/Men/Young Men campout this weekend.
One of the activities was a search and rescue team competition.
We were on a 1k acre ranch.
Each team of 5,6 had a phone with a GPS app.
Each team was given the co-ordinates of their "injured" person.
We were having a tough time with inconsistancies in readings.
It was quite warm out.
We walked alot.
The "injured" would have been in rough shape if they would have been truely bleeding.
Out team crossed paths with 2 other teams also having the same troubles.
When two guys stood side-by-side and checked their co-ordinates, the two devices did not agree.
When we all gathered later, others had had similar experiences.
Wassup with that??????????
Should we give up on our electronic devices and all get a Bloodhound?
One of the activities was a search and rescue team competition.
We were on a 1k acre ranch.
Each team of 5,6 had a phone with a GPS app.
Each team was given the co-ordinates of their "injured" person.
We were having a tough time with inconsistancies in readings.
It was quite warm out.
We walked alot.
The "injured" would have been in rough shape if they would have been truely bleeding.
Out team crossed paths with 2 other teams also having the same troubles.
When two guys stood side-by-side and checked their co-ordinates, the two devices did not agree.
When we all gathered later, others had had similar experiences.
Wassup with that??????????
Should we give up on our electronic devices and all get a Bloodhound?
Comments
Some apps are better than others.
Compare your smart phone app to a real GPS unit and see how well they agree.
I just have a not so smart phone.
Sounds like that might have been a wake up call.
If someone were to be "found" by a phone call, then pass out, a "smart' phone might not get you to them.
There are times in town, where my phone is accurate to 5 meters. It shows the direction I'm pointing the phone and me in the correct room of the building/house.
Other times, "Accurate to 3000 meters"
I had my computer with GPS marking irrigation lines the other day and I had 9 satellite signals. It was down to a gnats behind. The smart phones are a little less. Don
You'd now that, eh ?