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Subject: 
Re: RCX and GPS systems
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Date: 
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:51:37 GMT
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A big question is if the positioning resolution you could achieve would be
worth the cost or effort.  The GPS hardware I've seen tell you where you are
within a few yards.  Unless you can get that down to a few inches what's the
point?  Plus you still wouldn't have heading information, unless it had some
sort of internal compass.

That said, it would be really cool!

Dean



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  RCX and GPS systems
 
For sometime I have thought that a GPS interfaced with the RCX would be the answer to my navigational prayers. I have not found any information on an interface for the RCX (GPS-RCX or GPS-PC-RCX). I realize that this is not a trivial task with (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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