Grazi.
On Nov 10, 10:45 am, "Jerry Elizondo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello Sam:
>
> Post your request in the beginners' forum. A couple of weeks ago someone at
> that forum was asking for ideas for a project.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jerry
>
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Sam M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm sure the paying customers do. It's just a suggestion, and I
> > didn't know where else online to propose it. If no one can help,
> > we'll get along with the pencils, paper, protractors, compasses, and
> > pace counts we've been using for decades! I didn't know what the best
> > place would be to suggest a new idea, and the developers forum seemed
> > like a logical place. If someone has some free time (which I'm sure
> > many developers probably don't), then it would be useful to us.
> > Obviously this is your business, and don't skip out on paying
> > customers if you don't want to help us.
>
> > On Nov 10, 5:45 am, Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Your project competes with projects from paying customers. Guess which
> > > projects go first.
>
> > > On Nov 10, 4:53 am, Sam M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Sure they could. In fact, the Army already uses such navigation
> > > > systems in active duty. I, however, am a mere officer cadet with a
> > > > sweet new G1 that I'm trying to use to make my life easier. Most of
> > > > our equipment is outdated, second hand, or borrowed. We're definitely
> > > > not getting advanced GPS navigation systems from USACC. So if I can
> > > > find a way to use my G1 in STX lanes and LandNav, then that would be
> > > > great!
>
> > > > On Nov 9, 8:24 pm, Eric Mill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > If you think many in the army would find it useful, I bet you could
> > > > > find someone or some office who could hire someone to do it.
>
> > > > > -- Eric
>
> > > > > On Nov 8, 1:15 pm, Sam M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > I'm a US Army Officer Cadet, not a developer. However, I've seen
> > > > > > things like the Radar application and know that you can do amazing
> > > > > > things with GPS functionality.
>
> > > > > > Part of our training in the Army requires us to do land navigation,
> > > > > > where we use 8 digit grid coordinates (e.g. EG12345678) to navigate
> > > > > > between two points using a distance (e.g. 1650 meters) and
> > direction
> > > > > > in degrees (e.g. 273*).
>
> > > > > > It would be incredibly useful is someone could develop an
> > application
> > > > > > in which I could enter a distance and direction (e.g 1650 meters at
> > > > > > 273*) that would give me the range remaining and notify me when I'm
> > > > > > drifting off azimuth (ideally establishing a tolerance that
> > notifies
> > > > > > me when my azimuth variation would result in my being more than 15
> > > > > > meters from my target destination). Perhaps the application could
> > > > > > even generate and store the map location that's specified by the
> > > > > > distance and direction and automatically recalculate a new distance
> > > > > > and direction in the event that I become lost or disoriented or
> > need
> > > > > > to navigate to a new waypoint.
>
> > > > > > Please let me know if you could develop such an application! I
> > know
> > > > > > that thousands of cadets and soldiers would find this application
> > > > > > incredibly useful!
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