At 19:36 1-3-00 +0100, you wrote: -----Original Message/Oorspronkelijk bericht-------------- >How can a diallist use a GPS receiver to mesure the declination of a >wall ?
if it is a very long straight wall you can walk along the wall and find out the course of this movement. Then deduct or add 90° (depends on the direction you walked. A civil GPS is not accurate enough I think for a short wall. A DGPS however should do the trick also for a short wall. >.... but can this machine have an utility on sundialling ? You get at least a pretty good position on your screen for the sundial ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thibaud Taudin-Chabot 52°18'19.85" North 04°51'09.45" East home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (attachments max. 500kB; for larger attachments contact me first)