I'm glad you're not dropping 500 pounders. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/22/2012 10:51 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> The biggest problem, though, with TPE is that Google Earth isn't
> always very accurate. I'm learning that some of the positions can be
> off by a bit. There is a cell-tower I'm wanting to shoot, but the
> position on the maps is off by somewhere around 100 meters. To resolve
> this, I'll get exact GPS coordinates to work from. My handheld GPS
> will get me within 5 meters, so I'll mark it that way. I will need to
> mark this because the terrain is such that my composition will be so
> exacting that I'll have to be within a few meters of where I need to
> be. Even this wind-turbine is not mapped correctly. This is the third
> time I've worked it and my position has been off each time. I'm
> beginning to wonder if I'll ever be able to photograph it the way I
> want to. I might have to choose another where the land is flatter.
>
> Although, between TPE and another couple apps, I have a cool feature.
> I can identify my subject location and my shooting location and it
> will calculate each transit time/date. I know of one spot that might
> work (it's about 10 miles away).
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