GPS-----GPSr ?

[+Smokehouse]

What exactly does GPSr stand for, I have seen it many times but was never able to look at the context of the message to get the meaning.

 

Sorry for the total newbie question, espically if this is an easy one, in which case I will wait for the answer and then delete the thread

hahahaha

Thanks in advance

 

The KGB

[+Hawk-eye]

GPS vs GPSr ... the "r" just stands for receiver ... and technically that's a bit more correct ... it is a receiver you have in your hand ... but I wouldn't worry with it ... most everyone just calls it a GPS.

 

[Moun10Bike]

"GPS" stands for "Global Positioning System," while "GPSR" stands for "Global Positioning System Receiver." It is technically incorrect to say that you are "holding a GPS" when your eTrex is in your hand, unless you really are carrying a $12 billion constellation of satellites and ground bases in the other.

 

[+Smokehouse]

Originally posted by Moun10Bike:

It is technically incorrect to say that you are "holding a GPS" when your eTrex is in your hand, unless you really are carrying a $12 billion constellation of satellites and ground bases in the other.

 

Now that is funny! I knew it had to be an easy answer. Come to think of it, could you imagine getting ready to for a hunt, load up the car with water, your various equiptment and then giant trailers full of global satellites, that seems like an awful lot of work to get a $0.25 Gumball machine trinket.

Thank you all for the quick responses, I will now refer to my ETrex legend as a GPSr.

 

I'm still laughing.

 

The KGB

[+Hawk-eye]

Want to have some fun? Still refer to it as a GPS ... then all the folks that just have to be "technically correct" .... will start this sort of shaking motion and the main vein in their neck will swell and finally ... if they're sufficiently anal retentive ... their head will explode!