GPS saves the day ???

[danEboy]

Great article on CNN regarding a GPS in professional hands. Saved the lives of Nine miners.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/28/mine.turning.point/index.html

 

Good people and good equipment.

 

 

Dan

[Zuckerruebensirup]

$60,000 and accurate to within less than a centimeter. {drooling}

 

As much fun as it is using my GPSr to find happy meal toys, it's definitely great to see equipment like this used for something so noble.

 

I can see his log now. "Took the nine miners, and left a golf ball."

 

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"I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

[Zuckerruebensirup]

$60,000 and accurate to within less than a centimeter. {drooling}

 

As much fun as it is using my GPSr to find happy meal toys, it's definitely great to see equipment like this used for something so noble.

 

I can see his log now. "Took the nine miners, and left a golf ball."

 

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"I may be slow, but at least I'm sweet!"

[Kerry.]

The real praise must go to the underground survey work as without that it really didn't matter what

type of gear one had on the surface.

 

GPS was only a very minor part in this effort, the credit must go to the underground survey work (and GPS certainly doesn't work underground).

 

Basically using $60,000 work of gear to locate workings surveyed with conventional survey gear and probably measuring tapes. It was only ever going to be as good as the U/G surveys.

 

Cheers, Kerry.

 

I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go

[Kerry.]

The real praise must go to the underground survey work as without that it really didn't matter what

type of gear one had on the surface.

 

GPS was only a very minor part in this effort, the credit must go to the underground survey work (and GPS certainly doesn't work underground).

 

Basically using $60,000 work of gear to locate workings surveyed with conventional survey gear and probably measuring tapes. It was only ever going to be as good as the U/G surveys.

 

Cheers, Kerry.

 

I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go

[+sean808080]

what a great story about a man and his tools saving lives...

 

we need more good news!

 

:-)