Text 7373, 41 rader
Skriven 2006-09-06 00:22:24 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 7372 av Kenneth Parrish (8:8/2)
Ärende: Re: gps navi.  was:Re: ttylinux
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Hey Kenneth!

Sep 05 11:24 06, Kenneth Parrish wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 KP> well a lot of the data are automatic -- things like traffic sensors 
 KP> and satellite ground-level ozone maps -- and incidental to police, 
 KP> fire, medical and other services' reporting, dispatching, and 
 KP> handling cases

I am not sure how much of that actually uses gps.  Maybe Victoria and possibly
Nanaimo but definetly not Ladysmith.  They do have a volunteer fire department
that uses a big siren to let it's members know about an emergency.  The RCMP
(police) isn't that big a department and I think their budget probably doesn't
allow them to get too fancy.  Ambulance isn't 24/7 locally so in an emergency
after 10pm you'd be ferried off to Nanaimo but they may have closed emergency
services in the Ladysmith hospital now so you'd end up in Nanaimo anyhow. 
Don't quote me on that last one as I only heard that rumour a few years back
and haven't confirmed it.  Bottomline is here on the point you're pretty well
much in the dark, nevermind traffic reports, gps or otherwise.  The
infrastructure isn't here other then basic services like water, electricity,
and the such.  No DSL that is for sure.  We do have cable though but that is it
in terms of any extras.

 KP> you could turn around, put off your trip, or make other arrangements, 
 KP> often, if ya knew.

That is what happens alrighty but seldom any advance warning other then the
usual grapevine if one of the neighbours happened to try.

 KP> One o' these days.
 KP> :)

Probably.  I still want to cover a few of the basics first.  As far as gps I am
more interested in the raw data and corrections which really doesn't need any
fancy display although I still want to replicate that just for fun.  :-)

Life is good,
Maurice

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