Does a stationary (not in motion) GPS receiver know where the North is?
No, a stationary object is a point, not a line or a vector. The notion of North (or any direction) has no meaning to a point, by definition. There are two exceptions. If during your long polar trek the latitude is ±90º 00' 00.0" and the longitude seems to wander all over the map then, yes, your stationary GPS receiver finally knows where North is. Examples: http://www.klipsi.ch/at_Northpole/at_Northpole.htm http://www.icetent.com/south_pole.htm http://www.4x4offroads.com/south-pole-expedition-world-record.html /tvb _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
