Re: [ST] GPS error question

["Mike Bostock" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In your message regarding [ST] GPS error question dated Thu, 16 Aug 2001
18:57:24 -0700, Chris Strizver said that ...

>CS-  When traveling in map mode on a III+, there is a circle around your current
>CS-  location. I understand that this circle somehow represents the calculated
>CS-  positional error. What I don't understand in the relationship between this
>CS-  circle and the EPE (estimated position error) that is displayed on the
>CS-  satellite page.
>CS-  
>CS-  The displayed EPE is usually around 15-20 ft., but goes as high as 50 or
>CS-  more. The circle on the map page, however, is usually several hundred feet
>CS-  in diameter. Unfortunately, the manual does not even mention the circle.
>CS-  Does anyone know how to read it?

It is called the 'accuracy circle' page 39-40

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