| From: | Paul Gettle RunnerPaul@*****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Technological Teleportation/Energy Sources |
| Date: | Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:43:46 -0500 |
At 12:52 PM 3/16/99 -0800, Max Rible wrote:
>At 12:19 3/16/99 -0800, Dave Post wrote:
>> They emasure the site and
the
>>location using incredibly accurate global positioning systems (As it
works
>>today, you can get down to the nearest meter, if you have the
decryption
>>code for the satellites. In 2060, I imagine the degree of accuracy
could
>>be down to the nearest millimeter. Accurate enough for me)
>
>I think you might run into problems with the wavelength of the
>signal from the GPS satellites or the resolution of their timing
>codes if you want to get that precise.
Since current-day seismologists use specially modified civilian GPS
units for measuring plate drift, and are accurate down to the mm-cm
range, I would imagine that unless there's a big change in the specs
for the unencrypted civilian GPS signals, then the same accuracy
should persist to Shadowrun's time.
It is true that several of these "survey" techniques for determining
position data require the receiver unit to remain stationary for a
length of time, this is not a large problem for for measuring a
teleportation target site, as Dave Post describes.
Some specifications for these various "survey" GPS applications can be
found at:
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html
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