Article: 55161 of sci.geo.satellite-nav X-Trace-PostClient-IP: 24.68.70.108 Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Subject: Re: A new magazine for GPS users From: Dave Patton References: <28887f65.0212200654.567f3516@posting.google.com> Organization: Degree Confluence Project Message-ID: User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Lines: 50 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:33:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.71.223.147 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: news3.calgary.shaw.ca 1040405621 24.71.223.147 (Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:33:41 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:33:41 MST Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!prodigy.com!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news3.calgary.shaw.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net sci.geo.satellite-nav:55161 senioreditor@gpsuser.com (Gail Elber) wrote in news:28887f65.0212200654.567f3516@posting.google.com: > I would like to introduce to you a magazine my partners and I are > starting for GPS users--called, appropriately enough, "GPS User > Magazine." Our readers will be people who use GPS technology in their > work--biologists, geologists, archaeologists, farmers, miners, > utility workers, foresters, builders, police officers, and so on. > Surveying and recreational-grade GPS won't be part of the mix. We > plan to publish the first issue of the magazine in June. > > Subscriptions will be free to qualified readers. We don't have a Web > site up yet, but I'll post again in a few weeks when we do. > > At this point I am trolling the lists to find people who are > interested in writing for the magazine. Here are some of the things I > need people to do: > >=Write an article about some interesting project you did using GPS. >=Write a tutorial about how to do something related to GPS. >=Review some hardware or software according to our guidelines. >=Act as a peer reviewer for articles written by other people. >=Tell me about what you'd like to see in the magazine. > > Please reply by e-mail, with any comments or suggestions you may > have. I look forward to discussing your work with you. > > > Gail Elber > Senior Editor > GPS User Magazine (TM) What do you mean by "recreational-grade GPS won't be part of the mix"? Are you saying that it will only include the use of "survey-grade" GPS equipment when used for tasks other than land surveys, or are you saying it will only deal with the use of GPS technology in 'work situations'? Either way, why limit it that way? I'd think you would have a broader market, and a more interesting magazine, if you included things such as all of the following(just some examples): - farmers using survey-grade GPS - farmers using recreational-grade GPS, with DGPS, WAAS - mapping historic trails with survey-grade GPS(e.g. Sam's project) - how volunteer groups use recreational-grade GPS to map trailsystems -- Dave Patton Canadian Coordinator the Degree Confluence Project http://www.confluence.org 49°16'07"N 123°09'07"W