Golf GPS software on itouch
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From: Lawrence Leichtman on 21 Nov 2009 16:50 In article <kurtullman-5FD474.18191220112009(a)70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <he76go$4d6$2(a)enyo.uwa.edu.au>, > Chris McDonald <chris(a)csse.uwa.edu.au> wrote: > > > As the iPod Touch doesn't have a GPS device, and there's not many WiFi > > points around (most) golf courses, an application as described > > your Subject: line may be a challenge! > > Maybe maybe not. I was at a friends house who lives on a golf course. > There were 6 different wifi signals available from his backyard on the > fairway. Might not be the best, but might be usable. It needs satellites to work some must be a GPS enabled device.
From: Kurt Ullman on 21 Nov 2009 23:17 In article <larry-651B37.16503421112009(a)newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com>, Lawrence Leichtman <larry(a)lleichtman.org> wrote: > In article > <kurtullman-5FD474.18191220112009(a)70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>, > Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In article <he76go$4d6$2(a)enyo.uwa.edu.au>, > > Chris McDonald <chris(a)csse.uwa.edu.au> wrote: > > > > > As the iPod Touch doesn't have a GPS device, and there's not many WiFi > > > points around (most) golf courses, an application as described > > > your Subject: line may be a challenge! > > > > Maybe maybe not. I was at a friends house who lives on a golf course. > > There were 6 different wifi signals available from his backyard on the > > fairway. Might not be the best, but might be usable. > > It needs satellites to work some must be a GPS enabled device. I thought there was some way the touch had to figure out where you were by looking at what WiFi channels were available. Vague memories. -- To find that place where the rats don't race and the phones don't ring at all. If once, you've slept on an island. Scott Kirby "If once you've slept on an island"
From: Wes Groleau on 21 Nov 2009 23:23 Kurt Ullman wrote: > I thought there was some way the touch had to figure out where you > were by looking at what WiFi channels were available. Vague memories. Right. But that's not accurate. When I'm in my house, it maps my "current location" as somewhere within a 300-meter radius. Different place (within that area) each time. At work, it's even worse. About 500 meters. -- Wes Groleau Online Journal: Reading in a Foreign Language http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=1452
From: nospam on 21 Nov 2009 23:32
In article <heaecf$ta2$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > > I thought there was some way the touch had to figure out where you > > were by looking at what WiFi channels were available. Vague memories. > > Right. But that's not accurate. When I'm in my house, it maps my > "current location" as somewhere within a 300-meter radius. Different > place (within that area) each time. > > At work, it's even worse. About 500 meters. it depends how well skyhook logged the nearby wifi networks. i've seen ipods locate themselves with amazing accuracy, right down to the house and i've also seen the iphone be 5-10 miles off. |