> ...or is GPS just inherently less accurate for height than it is for
> latitude/longitude?
Here is an article that could be helpful. It's about an upcoming GPS satellite
reorg, but the pictures show how different lat/lon and vertical accuracies are.
(Scroll down to Horizontal Accuracy and Ver
"GPS was developed by the United States Department of Defence and was
intended for military use. Civilian access was granted in 1983 by US
President Ronald Regan with a downgraded accuracy of +/- 100 metres.
However, consumer grade GPS access has benefited since the year 2000
from the lifti
On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 11:03:51AM +, Tony Green wrote:
> Can the internal GPS on an N900 be recalibrated?
"Now please travel to the southermost point of Africa and press button
A."
No, I don't think so.
> For some reason, mine always seems to show me as about 45 metres
> higher than I actua