[Talk-transit] GPS traces in Central Birmingham

Peter J Stoner stonerpj at mytraveline.info
Fri Apr 3 13:58:18 BST 2009


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          Brian Prangle <bprangle at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi Peter

> The relative absence is mainly down to experience that the traces were so
> unreliable as to be only a guide and a lot of streets are estimations only.
> I tried using a compass to get bearings but standing in the middle of a road
> with a compass causes a lot of disturbance so I desisted. Perhaps being on
> the top deck of a double decker reduces the bouncing effect of the GPS
> signal from the surrounding buildings.

> 

So the evidence is pointing towards some adjustment to Corporation 
Street.

Best wishes


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