My 0.02
These SAME maps are being used in E911 and other GIS systems so the poor
workmanship which is so obvious here has the potential to put lives in danger.
Most of the emergency response trucks up here have GPS systems with these maps
onboard - not a problem for locals but if we needed outside assistance all bets
are off.
The current 'good enough' culture is extremely destructive and I'd like to see
a return to traditional values. As in test gear which lasts and can be
repaired and upgraded not trash which ends up in a landfill in 3 years.
Scott
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-----Original Message-----
From: "J. Forster" <j...@quik.com>
Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:49:32
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement<time-nuts@febo.com>
Reply-To: j...@quik.com, Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
<time-nuts@febo.com>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Problems with Garmin - maybe we should cut them a
little slack
> Well, I won't rant back at you, Dick, but your expectations are way off
> base. GPS cartographers have to designate billions (yes, billions) of
> addresses and the fact that they miss a few scarcely justifies a backhand
> brushoff as "shoddy work."
Look at it another way:
They are producing one product for 10s of millions of customers. The
reproduction costs are trivial, so they have hundreds of millions of
dollars to get one product right!
> Can you have a product of this size and complexity that is completely
> error free. No. No matter how hard you try, the answer remains...no.
> (References on stochastic processes available on request.)
>
> Can you have a product with* fewer* errors? Of course. Can you have it
> for eighty bucks. Nope.
The $80 is for one copy. Try near a $1,000,000,000 for the digital map of
the USA.
> Be a good capitalist and take your choice.
-John
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