Return-Path: Received: from serval.noc.ucla.edu ([169.232.10.12]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 21:45:01 -0400 Received: from default (ts41-13.wla.ts.ucla.edu [164.67.23.58]) by serval.noc.ucla.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA19835 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:48:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <000501bee91b$378674e0$3a1743a4@default> From: "Marvin May" To: "Lancair List" Subject: Fw: Terrain Data Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:44:29 -0700 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: Simon Creasy To: Marvin May Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 4:24 PM Subject: Re: Terrain Data > Dear Marv, You may want to 'tag' the following on to this subject - it is > my 2 cents' worth, but having spent a large proportion of my professional > flying career with moving maps (started in 1975 on L.1011s and ended on > B.747-400s in 1993), the MOST important thing to get FIRMLY implanted in > ones mind when looking at moving maps, is that "THE POSITION DEPICTED IS > ENTIRELY AN ELECTRONIC POSITION and probably NOT the actual position of the > aircraft." Simon Creasy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML homepage: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html