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Droids Are Blind, Too



 
 
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Old April 14th 10, 03:36 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
Matthew Russotto
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Default Droids Are Blind, Too

In article >,
Scott in SoCal > wrote:
>Last time on rec.autos.driving, (Matthew
>Russotto) said:
>
>>In article >,
>>Scott in SoCal > wrote:
>>>
>>>The same way a Garmin nav system does: by sampling the position at
>>>regular intervals and doing some simple math.

>>
>>I know this is a losing battle, but that's NOT how a Garmin nav system
>>calculates speed. It calculates speed directly based on the doppler
>>shifts of the satellite signals it receives.

>
>And of course you have a citation for this?


You have a cite for yours?
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