[Az-Geocaching] GPS in the Army

Regan Smith listserv@azgeocaching.com
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 06:36:29 -0700


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joking

I ain't leaving the state with my 315

serious

IT isn't that one is better; just different

I bought Magellan Trailblazer XL due to the fact that when Desert Storm =
was going on  a CNN News Report showed a army guy with a MAGELLAN, then =
again in Bosnia, marking minefields. Magellan makes those for the =
military and since this game is based on The DoD GPS system why not go =
with 'em......


tongue in cheek=20

yeah cheap off the shelf units, Garmins are dime a dozen like yellow =
jeeps...

serious

When I was at Wide World of Maps buying AZ TOPOQuads 3D version 2 it =
works great!!!=20

I noticed that Maptech topo is PALM PC download compatible

humans are creatures of habit=20




  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Team Tierra Buena=20
  To: az-geocaching@listserv.azgeocaching.com=20
  Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:17 AM
  Subject: [Az-Geocaching] GPS in the Army


  In an insomniac bout last night, I surfed into the Discovery Channel =
in the middle of a program about US armed forces in Afghanistan. In one =
segment they were showing how combat controllers (I think that was what =
they were called, perhaps it was "forward controllers") perform their =
duties.

  It is their job to provide target coordinates to air strikes.  They do =
this by sighting on  a target and projecting a waypoint from where they =
are to the target, which waypoint they then report to the bombers. They =
showed a picture of a bazillion-dollar mil-spec GPS. Then the narrator =
stated that the soldiers prefer to use consumer models as they are far =
lighter and consume batteries much more slowly, while the film showed a =
soldier using a clearly-labeled Garmin Vista to do the waypoint =
projection.

  I'm not posting this to add ammo to the Garmin-Maggie skirmish here. I =
just thought it was cool to be watching it and see them using a piece of =
gear I've got in my backpack.

  Steve
  Team Tierra Buena
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>joking</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I ain't leaving the state with my =
315</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>serious</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IT isn't that one is better; just=20
different</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I bought Magellan Trailblazer XL due to =
the fact=20
that when Desert Storm was going on&nbsp; a CNN&nbsp;News Report showed =
a army=20
guy with a MAGELLAN,&nbsp;then again in&nbsp;Bosnia, marking minefields. =

Magellan makes those for the military and since this game is based on =
The DoD=20
GPS system why not go with 'em......</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>tongue in cheek </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>yeah cheap off the shelf =
units,&nbsp;Garmins are=20
dime a dozen like yellow jeeps...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>serious</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When I was at Wide World of Maps buying =
AZ=20
TOPOQuads 3D version 2&nbsp;it works great!!!&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I noticed that&nbsp;Maptech topo is =
PALM PC=20
download compatible</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>humans are&nbsp;creatures of habit =
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Az-Geocaching] GPS in =
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  Army</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">In =
an insomniac=20
  bout last night, I surfed into the Discovery Channel in the middle of =
a=20
  program about US armed forces in Afghanistan. In one segment they were =
showing=20
  how combat controllers (I think that was what they were called, =
perhaps it was=20
  "forward controllers") perform their duties.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT=20
  face=3D"Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">It =
is their job=20
  to provide target coordinates to air strikes.&nbsp; They do this by =
sighting=20
  on&nbsp; a target and projecting a waypoint from where they are to the =
target,=20
  which waypoint they then report to the&nbsp;bombers. They showed a =
picture of=20
  a bazillion-dollar mil-spec GPS. Then the narrator&nbsp;stated that =
the=20
  soldiers prefer to use consumer models as they are far lighter and =
consume=20
  batteries much more slowly, while&nbsp;the film showed a soldier using =
a=20
  clearly-labeled Garmin Vista to do the waypoint=20
projection.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT=20
  face=3D"Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">I'm =
not posting=20
  this to add ammo to the Garmin-Maggie skirmish here. I just thought it =
was=20
  cool to be watching it and see them using a piece of gear I've got in =
my=20
  backpack.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT=20
  face=3D"Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT=20
  face=3D"Book Antiqua">Steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
  <DIV><SPAN class=3D998590613-31012003><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua">Team =
Tierra=20
  Buena</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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