The quest...

[DavidW75]

If I was doing it, I'ld try a system where units have a Posture (what it is actually doing that moment) and Orders (what it has been recently told to do). Then I would create a system based on the units prof, morale, etc, and a chart of postures and any rules to govern the procedure to change postures.

[jrcar]

Originally posted by byron13



Me thinks the vast majority of TRPs are going to be unregistered. Assuming you're not worried about your FIST's radio signature, you should plot TRPs everywhere you go. Registering them would be a waste. But I agree with David's assessment of time.

Is JrCar actually Rob? I might have been quoting Rob to Rob!

I'm a bit lost, but yes I'm a Rob too It was me who talked about the TRP's and timings. I agree with you most (almost all) TRP's will be unregistered, and therefore THERE WILL BE AN ERROR!

The ARTY claim to be able to acurately land a shell on any grid reference given to them, my (limited) experiance is that most people cannot give an accurate Grid Reference to 8 figures. Luck and training effect this.

Cheers

Rob

[byron13]

Originally posted by jrcar


I'm a bit lost, but yes I'm a Rob too It was me who talked about the TRP's and timings. I agree with you most (almost all) TRP's will be unregistered, and therefore THERE WILL BE AN ERROR!

So you're not Robert Crandall!? Okay, one of you has to quit signing off with "Cheers, Rob"

Originally posted by jrcar
The ARTY claim to be able to acurately land a shell on any grid reference given to them, my (limited) experiance is that most people cannot give an accurate Grid Reference to 8 figures. Luck and training effect this.

What? You mean you can't locate that tree in the middle of a huge field to within ten meters?

Cheers

Byron

[IronManBeta]

Hey Byron, since I'm named after my father perhaps I could lessen the confusion by signing as "Rob, Jr." Then you wouldn't think I was the esteemed "jrcar"?

Nah, too much work. Confusion is a good thing - I tell myself that every day.

Cheers, Rob.

[jrcar]

Since I'm Rob Carpenter I can use RobC...

Does that help?

Cheers

RobC (and now the OTHER RobC can use it too...)

[jrcar]

Originally posted by byron13


What? You mean you can't locate that tree in the middle of a huge field to within ten meters?

Cheers

Byron

Oh I can locate it, and I can give it a grid reference all right... and the GR will be precise to 8 (or 10) figures.... it just won't be accurate

Not many people grasp the difference between precision and accuracy.

Then we can start talking spheroids, geoids and how a flat map represents a round (and irregular surface) accurately (short answer it doesn't )

One thing I learnt very early on in my surveying career, the world IS NOT round... neither is it flat... its sort of lumpy like a spud... thankfully I got out of mapmaking a long time ago before I lost all of my faculties

Cheers

RobC (now is that Carpenter or Crandall...)

[Sabre21]

Well RobC

Being originally from Idaho I can relate to the world being a big Spud:)

I know what you mean by maps being inaccurate. I think there are over 250 different map set types out there each with varying degrees of accuracy. It's only recent that the US military had finally adopted a single standard..WGS 84. So that way if we are messed up...we're all messed up alike:)

Sabre21