Difference between revisions of "2013-06-25 47 -122"

Revision as of 00:52, 26 June 2013

Location

A parking strip in an apartment complex just off Bothell Way

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Wasn't on the way to work, but it will be on the way home. Stop by

Expedition

Already in the commute, I punched up today's point (at a stop light of course). Geohash Android tells me Bothell, and zooming in I see it's just off Bothell Way, also known as state highway 522. This connector leads down from Highway 2 to Seattle proper, and is my favorite route to work and often to and from Eastern Washington.

D minus 10k -- Thomcat (talk) @47.7393,-122.3504 06:35, 25 June 2013 (PDT)

Found the apartment complex easily, quite a bit after 4 though. Pulled in and around and then... the GPS stopped updating. Not sure if it's the Android phone (the app wasn't doing well?) or the trees (quite skimpy, really), but I think it's about time I got a real GPS.

Anyhow, took a few pictures then tried everything short of rebooting the phone. GPS would update, but slowly - I walked the width of 5 cars from the parking strip and the GPS reported I went from 4.5 meters away down to 4.19 which doesn't reflect reality. End result - I was on the spot at some point, and I even was within the GPS accuracy reported (4.2 meters). Uploaded the photos and hit the road for home.

Photos

My kingdom for a GPS that doesn't have problems with trees! @47.7538,-122.2251
Hi from Bothell @47.7538,-122.2251

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 *D minus 10k  -- [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.73933521&lon=-122.35043997&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.7393,-122.3504] 06:35, 25 June 2013 (PDT)
+Found the apartment complex easily, quite a bit after 4 though. Pulled in and around and then... the GPS stopped updating. Not sure if it's the Android phone (the app wasn't doing well?) or the trees (quite skimpy, really), but I think it's about time I got a real GPS.
+Anyhow, took a few pictures then tried everything short of rebooting the phone. GPS would update, but slowly - I walked the width of 5 cars from the parking strip and the GPS reported I went from 4.5 meters away down to 4.19 which doesn't reflect reality. End result - I was on the spot at some point, and I even was within the GPS accuracy reported (4.2 meters). Uploaded the photos and hit the road for home.
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