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Where are you mailing from ???
Message #1 Posted by Anonymous .... (France-EUROPE) on 6 Dec 2000, 11:32 a.m.

What do you think about what could become an habit : to write with your name the country where your are mailing from ???? It could give other people an idea about the geographic repartition of the HP calculators enthusiast !!! Whithout revealing too much private information ....

I wrote the continent too, because it is said that some people living in great country (or state) does'nt know where are the old countries of other continents !!! :))

I promise I will no more write in French !!!

      
Who and where are you mailing from ?
Message #2 Posted by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina) on 6 Dec 2000, 4:10 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Anonymous .... (France-EUROPE)

About our locations, I have suggested, some time ago (and with some success) the idea of adding your country of residence after your name...

And, by the way, would you consider revealing your name, Monsieur/Madame Anonymous?

            
Re: Who and where are you mailing from ?
Message #3 Posted by Thibaut.be on 7 Dec 2000, 12:38 p.m.,
in response to message #2 by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina)

Do I really have to explain where Belgium lies ?

                  
Re: Who and where are you mailing from ?
Message #4 Posted by db (martinez, california) on 8 Dec 2000, 12:31 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Thibaut.be

not to the dutch. but i believe that a large percentage of the population here in the land of the formerly free would answer that it's part of the congo or something. i assume that hp users are somewhat more knowledgeable though.

                  
Countries and GPS coordinates
Message #5 Posted by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina) on 8 Dec 2000, 8:28 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Thibaut.be

I am sure most people in this forum have a good idea about where each country is located.

I have been infected long ago with the RPN virus, now I am also a GPS fan; but I would not go as far as to suggest each of us declaring geographical coordinates in our postings!

My fix, just for this message :-)

34° 37.316' S; 58° 24.128' W

And, for a wishlist: I noticed here many surveyors discussing HP 41, 42 and 48 programs, heavy duty cases, etc. Wouldn't you like an "HP42+" with a GPS plugin module, HP 41 style ?

Me, sure! (even being an electronics engineer, far from any surveying duty)

(Would TI or Casio do this first? Casio already has a GPS watch...)

                        
Re: Countries and GPS coordinates
Message #6 Posted by Steve (Australia) on 8 Dec 2000, 9:13 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina)

> 34° 37.316' S; 58° 24.128' W

On what spheroid? :-)

                              
Re: Countries and GPS coordinates
Message #7 Posted by Randy Smith on 8 Dec 2000, 10:14 a.m.,
in response to message #6 by Steve (Australia)

Well, I can use WGS-84 or ED 50. But alas no GPS receiver.

                              
Re: Countries and GPS coordinates
Message #8 Posted by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina) on 8 Dec 2000, 2:55 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Steve (Australia)

WGS84, if I understand your question well.

                                    
Re: Countries and GPS coordinates
Message #9 Posted by Steve (Australia) on 8 Dec 2000, 4:46 p.m.,
in response to message #8 by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina)

Yep, that's what I was asking for.

I am currently working in our state's land tenure department, and it is a bastion of HP calculator lovers!

There's lots of people there who have moved from the surveying industry, and I have had a number of chats with people who fondly remember the HP35 and HP45.

Many still have an HP65 somewhere in their back shed. Quite a few can reach out an pull an HP41 that they use daily. The department itself provides HP calculators to those that need them (mostly HP11C 15C, etc).

                              
GPS
Message #10 Posted by Andrés C. Rodríguez (Argentina) on 8 Dec 2000, 3:14 p.m.,
in response to message #6 by Steve (Australia)

I have a Garmin GPS 12, sort of the HP25 of GPS, if the comparison is permitted; and am pleased with it as much as I was with my first HP calc 24 years ago. Now, I don't really use it for any serious work, except understanding GPS technology, and avoiding to get lost when traveling aboard. I don't even go fishing, camping or any outdoor activity.

In the last two years, it recorded many waypoints as I visited:

San Diego, CA; Boston, MA; Washington DC; Houston, TX (twice); Chicago, Il; Miami, Orlando & Fort Lauderdale, FL; Atlanta; GA; Francfort, Germany; Rome, Pompeii, Naples & Sorrento, Italy; Barcelona & Madrid, Spain; Portobelo, Santos & Rio; Brazil; Cordoba, Rosario, Mar del Plata & many small towns in Argentina...

(Corvallis, Palo Alto and Australia are not on my "already visited" list.)

It has a RS232 interface, I am glad it is NOT an HP-IL device... It has "continuous memory"; and its six character labels for waypoints may evoke a CAT 1 on my HP41...

I apologize to Dave Hicks if this went much way-off; which is exactly the opposite of the GPS purpose! :-)


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