[time-nuts] GPS from a window seat

Lux, Jim (337C) james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov
Fri Oct 2 13:36:56 UTC 2009




On 10/1/09 11:49 PM, "Robert Atkinson" <robert8rpi at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Well Jim brought up cars, 
> I did look at using a GPS as a speed sensor for a car some time ago. The
> 1000kPH limit (and 1s update rate) stopped that idea. The car finally hit over
> 1227kph average. We used wheel speed and pitot pressure in the end (plus
> external time & distance).
>  
> Robert G8RPI
>

But it's not like you were using GPS for "navigation" in the sense of
knowing when and where to turn. 




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