From: Brenton 
Reply-To: Brenton , Fidonet AVtech Echo
	

Hi John,

> Glad to see that I'm not the only one who uses the UBD (took ages too).
> You are aware of their errors?  Their country towns data is really bad.

The real problem with the UBD, is that like all street directories, they are
drawn for readability, and not accuracy.  As you know proper topographical maps
allow for the curvature of the earth ( I forget the technical [ mapping ] term
for this ), whereas the UBD and other directories are drawn so they can write
the street name in the space provided :)  Still it can be usefull.

> If you're interested, I've converted their street and facilities lookup
> database to Ozi namesearch format.

  I have a paper version for that, which works quite well :)
I might have a look at your site one day though.

>>>  I was using oziexplorer on my iPaq ..[]..
>> I would have thought the small display would make that quite frustrating.
>  It's not bad actually.  Quite useful as long as you don't go more than one
> arm's length away. (preferably closer).  I used to have mine velcroed to the
> rearview mirror (in the ute, the back was piled up to the top, so I wasn't
> missing anything by obstructing the mirror anyway).

Yoikes !!!  In the truck, I have the GPS mounted down near the hand-brake.  In
this position, the driver can not see it, yet it is the perfect position for the
passenger ( navigator ) to see and operate it, which is a good thing because
Patricia can actually use this stuff much better than I can.  I haven't done
anything about mounting the notebook yet.  When we use it, we put it under her
seat in tracking mode, and when we need to check something, she just pulls it
out and it's all there.  It can be quite handy in a few ways.  On one trip
across to South Australia, she was able to tell me how the road ahead was.  This
meant that I wasn't making any silly passing manouvers around some of the long
road-trains.  Using the GPS and mapping stuff, she could see that after the next
two corners, I had a long straight, which if clear, was plenty long enough to
get past the long rig.  This actually made the entire section a lot more
comfortable to drive.

> On the motorcycle, I'm using a handlbar mount ..[]..

Yoikes !!! When do you get to look at the road :)

>>>>I've got a heads-up display which I have fitted to the 200 ..[]..
>>> Yeah, they all use the standard frequency meter technique ..[]..
>> Yeah, the dorks :)  I am planning on making my own one day.
> (grin) and it always ends up easier to buy...

True, but I am quite serious.  I have bought a few things for the 200 that I
intend to look seriously at manufacturing.  The IR Led thing is one of these
items.  By purchasing what is already in the market, I get to know how they
work, what is wrong with them, and how to make them better.  I am now at the
stage of sorting the whole thing out.  I've got about 4 or 5 items which I plan
to do.

>> I think there was a Nissan Bluebird which had a HUD standard
> That's the one that I had seen.

I haven't seen one, although I would like to.

Cheers, Brenton


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