Saba7 el khier ya mabrouk (it seems i`m the only one who calls you mabrouk) every body calls you mohamed (at first i didnt know who is this mohamed that shaadi is talking to????)
:)
well about the maps you sent ,i was woundering if you have some more, you know that maps are a very good way to bribe me and take what ever i have...........:)
by the way about removing the (SA) selective availability, i can tell you that now i can get as good as 4m acuracy on my GPS. i was in need of that when i was taking a hike for three days in the Sinai mountains some two month ago, i was hiking in a place called wadi el shag.......and for your info ya mabrouk i have the coordinates of some vegitation there (BANGO) .....i`m not joking ,i say it with my oun eyes.
i do have a quetion though ...concerning the interferance that could affect the GPS`s signal. do you guys have any info about that , maybe a communication engineer on the list could answer this for us ( sallam masalan )
CU
TooSoon
>From: Mohamed Mabrouk
>To: Sahara Safaris
>Subject: Re: [SaharaSafaris] Re: GPS for navigation...
>Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:00:47 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Dear All Safarists,
>
> > Would you please explain to us more about GPS?
>
>It's as big as a mobile phone. You leave it in your
>car near the sky (so antennas can communicate with
>satellites) and it will draw the red line you see in
>the attached map of Sinai's wadi Kid.
>
>It actually can show you this map on its small screen.
>Lost? turn back on your heels and drive while you
>watch its screen carefully and you'll be able to get
>almost EXACTLY on the same line you got on even in a
>desert storm or by night.
>
>Impressed? well, it can actually record the point you
>first kissed your fiance on a sand dune to the extent
>that if you buried something in the middle of no
>where, your grandsons can come and pick it up if you
>saved what we call 'waypoint' from your GPS and left
>it for later generations to find this time-capsule
>only using their GPSs! :)
>
>So how this wonderous thing work? it work through a
>'constellation' of satellites that is there are so
>many of it that they cover all earth at the same time
>by at least 4 at every part. Your GPS must find at
>least 4 in the sky before they agree to show you your
>position on the map.
>
>Then when you start to move it draws the line you're
>leaving behind you. Took an interesting photo? record
>that waypoint and then come check on any decent map
>what your camera has been capturing.
>
>The image you're seeing attached here is a trip that's
>part of my many trips to the Sinai's St Kathrin's
>Protectorate. I am trying to see where vegetation are
>in the area and draw a map for it (if I can) for my
>Masters degree under the title of Environmental
>Management in Nottingham university.
>
>The point recorded as LUSH9 is a remarkably vegetated
>area you feel with the majestic colors of the rocky
>mountains and the thinly aromatic breeze of the area
>in addition to those shrubs that you're in a heavenly
>garden that's all yours! :)
>
>Wondering about more of GPS? well, me Maged or Shaadi
>could show you one next trip.
>
>I see you're working in MobiNil. I know that Peter
>Iskandar of the Geomarketing has few ones, if you
>can't wait to see one. :)) Just don't forget to send
>him my regards.
>
>Salaam,
>Mohamed Mabrouk
>
>=====
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