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Old 08-19-2008, 09:00 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Bobber View Post
If 1700m , or 5000m triangulation area approximate locations are adequate for you - fine.
...and that's a big problem with triangulation IMO. In downtown Houston, triangulation tells me I could be anywhere in the downtown area (pretty useless). It gets even worse as tower density drops off. In the country you can be off by an entire town or worse.
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