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Ev Archive for September 2001
1455 messages, last added Sun Sep 30 23:05:07 2001

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Re: Looking for an after market trip odometer



gps horizontal accuracy is 4 - 18 meters. sounds close enough.

Steve Spence
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Uzi" <samuzi@kcd.com>
To: <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 4:39 PM
Subject: OT: Re: Looking for an after market trip odometer


> > How about a small handheld GPS?  I know Garmin has a small one that does
> > things like Miles traveled, average speed, maximum speed, and of course
> > current speed.  The one I saw had a serial interface on the back.  I'm
not
> > sure if you would need some additional software, or if you can just
download
> > the raw data to a PC.....I can try to dig up the model number if you're
> > interested.
>
> I believe the basic software comes with the Garmin data cable (an optional
> item for the GPS)
>
> caveat: the GPS is generally not THAT accurate/reliable, if you want
really
> solid data
>
>