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GPS Readings

11/19/2007 8:15 PM

Given the number of institutions, organizations, etc. that utilize GPS units for locating buildings, water wells, gravesites, monuments, etc, I am wondering whether anyone knows of a generalized listing on the internet (WWW) where all this information is catalogued?

If such a site does not exist, what problems do you see with initiation of such a site in a searchable format? Could it be done in a Wikipedia-like format?

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Re: GPS Readings

11/19/2007 9:15 PM

Look up WGS84 (World Geodetic Survey 1984).

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11/21/2007 4:50 PM

Agua doc, I Didn't get it,

Are you looking for the cartographic information, or the list of users? cartographic, is based on the WGS-84. if not this, why would you want to have list of users? it is like having a list of telephone users... what exactly do you want to know?

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Re: GPS Readings

11/21/2007 6:23 PM

Ahhhh, I guess your after a listing of GPS located buildings, structures and landmarks?

Imagine if this was available (freely) and someone built a missile utilizing GPS guidance, they called up this list and used it to attack those locations.

Then the attack is on USA, the military alters the signals to move the GPS location (SA removes this error, or the version they are running now) and that "drifted" location is your house.

Would a web hosted site of GPS listings be benaficial?

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Re: GPS Readings

11/22/2007 10:42 AM

Would a web hosted site of GPS listings be benaficial?


Although I see your point. I imagine if a terrorist group wanted to blow away a building they could easily send someone in with a GPS unit to get coordinates for their missles. I suppose any positive beneficial posting can have its downside. Lets go for something similar, say a GPS listing repository of non-building sites like "points of interest". Certainly, people use "geocaching" anyway.

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