Re: speaking of GPS.....

From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Dec 28 2005 - 17:04:29 PST


Sounds like his fence in on your property. If I got shocked by a fence on my
property that wasn't mine I do believe he would be constantly repairing his
fence .

Sonny

----- Original Message -----
From: "MV" <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] speaking of GPS.....

> Ahh you are right. They sell mapping products. I did purchase one of
> their cheap GPS systems for use with my laptop while on the road. It was
> $99 and is pretty amazing for the $. It has saved me a lot of wrong
> turns.
>
> Although your property may be surveyed accurately, I wonder how far off
> the master stakes are that were used to survey your property. A lot of
> them were driven a hundred years ago or so??
>
> So what exactly is the point of being within .01 feet? My joker neighbor
> put a fence on the property line after I moved in and he used 6" posts (.5
> feet) and electrified it with an electric fence charger. Get within 1/8"
> of that and things start to get a little tingly.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> J. Forster wrote:
>> I certainly would not be interested in a foot or two accuracy for a land
>> survey and
>> didn't see anything of survey quality there. There is a difference
>> between the
>> precision needed for survey and GIS applications. My land is surveyed to
>> 0.01 foot.
>> (about 1/8") There are GPS systems for survey purposes. For example:
>>
>> http://www.trimble.com/gpssurveying.shtml
>>
>> -John
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> MV wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Go to Delorme.com and look for their GPS units for engineering/land
>>>surveying. I think they can get within a foot or so.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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