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[DPRG] Re: DPRGlist Digest, Vol 48, Issue 19
Subject: [DPRG] Re: DPRGlist Digest, Vol 48, Issue 19
From: Randy M. Dumse
rmd at newmicros.com
Date: Mon May 19 15:11:31 CDT 2008
Doug Emes said: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:37 AM
> Whether done via a linear extension (akin to a car antenna)
> or on a pivot arm, providing a "higher vantage point" for
> some sensors can be done.
I was kind of thinking of a two armed unit with a linkage like
an engineering desk lamp, because it would keep the compass unit
parallel to the body. But I can see there are other
possibiliites, as you suggest.
I imagine only using this when precision turns, like might be
needed in dpa's Outdoor Challenge for the Borenstein test, where
odometry on asphalt just can't give that great an accuracy. I
imagine stopping at the end destination, raising the compass,
making the turn, and lowering it again before striking out on
another leg.
Randy
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