Thread: something for you oldies

Originally Posted by ChookD2

One wrong letter and you are in the middle of nowhere, Turkmenistan.

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One different letter and you have a different location - proving that each 3m x 3m square has a unique 3 word identifier.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

One different letter and you have a different location - proving that each 3m x 3m square has a unique 3 word identifier.

I get that each 3 x 3m square has a unique 3 words. I'm just saying if you are communicating those 3 words over a system with perhaps a dodgy signal and the "operator" hears a word incorrectly, then you can appear to be thousands of kilometres from where you actually are. Nobody wants that in a life threatening situation.

Originally Posted by ChookD2

I get that each 3 x 3m square has a unique 3 words. I'm just saying if you are communicating those 3 words over a system with perhaps a dodgy signal and the "operator" hears a word incorrectly, then you can appear to be thousands of kilometres from where you actually are. Nobody wants that in a life threatening situation.

I'm sure you're familiar with the phonetic alphabet, Charlie Hotel Oscar Oscar Kilo Delta, figure Too.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

I'm sure you're familiar with the phonetic alphabet, Charlie Hotel Oscar Oscar Kilo Delta, figure Too.

I am very familiar with the correct Ratel procedures. Not every one is, I spell Victor, figures 8, I spell India Alpha November.

Originally Posted by ChookD2

I get that each 3 x 3m square has a unique 3 words. I'm just saying if you are communicating those 3 words over a system with perhaps a dodgy signal and the "operator" hears a word incorrectly, then you can appear to be thousands of kilometres from where you actually are. Nobody wants that in a life threatening situation.

The same could happen if you were relaying your position using lats & longs and you relay an incorrect number.
However, in both cases if the received information placed you "thousands of kilometres from where you actually are" or even in another country as with Tombie's example, then the error would be so obvious that a check would be called for immediately.
I'm not saying that one is better than the other but just pointing out that there is an alternative to the long standing lats & longs.

Originally Posted by Xtreme

The same could happen if you were relaying your position using lats & longs and you relay an incorrect number.
However, in both cases if the received information placed you "thousands of kilometres from where you actually are" or even in another country as with Tombie's example, then the error would be so obvious that a check would be called for immediately.
I'm not saying that one is better than the other but just pointing out that there is an alternative to the long standing lats & longs.

Yep, both are similar in usage.

Now, you can call me 'Old Fashioned', but if I see anything between 10°-30° S and 140°-150° E, then I know it's in Queensland, without the need of an application. Three words are just three words.

I'm sure 'What3Words' has its place in the world and I may even use it from time to time, but for me, co-ords are the go, I reckon.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Hence, I'm having trouble pin pointing (For the sake of Qld surveying history) an old Australian Army Trig Station, outside Conondale, in Qld.

I have done a 'Scale Factor' adjustment, but the Co-ords I have for the Station are from the 1940s, so I'm going to rely more on contours, gut feeling and a bit of experience.

I'm just waiting for the weather to clear and a bit of a lower temperature, before heading into the scrub. I must be getting soft!

Good idea as bad weather can affect the GPS, I have one that lays breadcrumbs and I have seen the track out by a few of hundred metres in bad weather.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Good idea as bad weather can affect the GPS, I have one that lays breadcrumbs and I have seen the track out by a few of hundred metres in bad weather.

Hi,
Tree cover, especially if wet, could knock out my older e-trex, but newer ones cope a bit better.
Cheers