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What I learned today at work: If you have a bald head, you may have trouble with GPS reception.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Aug 24 '11, 14:11

My boss told me this. I googled and found this reference. Is it true or not? We need Remlik to experiment.

13. Minimize multi-path effects
There�s an apocryphal story about a surveyor who consistently got less accurate readings with a specific GPS than any of his co-workers got with the same unit. Supposedly, the problem was traced back to multi-path interference that resulted from the GPS signal bouncing off his bald head to the unit, and was solved by having him wear a hat when he used a GPS. I find this story highly dubious, but if you�re serious about minimizing error, keep it in mind.

source (freegeographytools.com)

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I have hair on the sides and great gps -- nm - peglegpete Aug 24, 14:33
how would a multitude of car roofs effect a GPS? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 14:19 1
- They wouldn't, it would take a global network of orbiting satellites to effect a GPS -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 14:37
ask Crash as well. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 14:15 4
- a bigger sample size always makes me happy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 24, 14:16 3
  - well TFox has a ginourmous head so I'm postive he interferes with signals. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 14:32 2
    - if you get TFox and Hunting into the same room the resulting gravitational attraction will rip Space/Time. - Mel Profit Aug 24, 14:39 1
      - then they'd merge into one being....Tfox Hunting -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 14:41

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