From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 3 16:13:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67AC537BA48 for ; Wed, 3 May 2000 16:13:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id QAA65552; Wed, 3 May 2000 16:13:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:13:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <200005032313.QAA65552@apollo.backplane.com> To: "Brian O'Shea" Cc: Alexander Langer , Brooks Davis , Nate Williams , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GPS heads up References: <200005031744.KAA63550@apollo.backplane.com> <20000503200006.A35116@cichlids.cichlids.com> <200005031957.NAA01354@nomad.yogotech.com> <20000503130759.A15403@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <20000503221528.A37472@cichlids.cichlids.com> <20000503151513.D337@beastie.localdomain> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :Even with SA, much more accurate numbers could be obtained by averaging :several measurements. I think that the speed at which the earth's :plates move is slow enough to get a good average measurement (except :during an earthquake, of course!). : :-brian : :-- :Brian O'Shea No, you can't just average several measurements w/ SA on and expect to get any improvement. SA isn't just 'noise', it's like a drunken walker. All you get when you average several measurements is the location of the drunk. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message