[HN Gopher] Garmin and L5
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Garmin and L5
Author : harambae
Score : 8 points
Date : 2023-01-28 15:40 UTC (7 hours ago)
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| PaulHoule wrote:
| I am wanting a better handheld GPS pretty bad.
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| There are many urban and forest locations I go to where GPS
| signals are poor and tracks are often offset half a block or
| more. Nice to see the L5 train pull out of the station.
| traceroute66 wrote:
| > Nice to see the L5 train pull out of the station
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| And on that subject, worth noting the date of the blog is
| January 2021.
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| The train has well and truly left the station. Apple, for
| example, now have L5 (starting from iPhone 14 2022).
| mikestew wrote:
| And the Apple Watch Ultra to go along with it. It makes a
| noticeable difference in comparison to my old AW 6 (and my
| non-L5 Garmin 945LTE). Running single track out in the woods
| of Anacortes, WA, the Ultra consistently marked my position
| within feet. In comparison, on the same trails the Garmin
| would regularly think I'm on a trail parallel to the one I
| was actually on.
| kylehotchkiss wrote:
| I got a Montana 2 years ago and enjoy the larger than GPSMap
| display size (so like any garmin device this is pretty much
| still new). Do it!
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