On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:00:48 +0100, Thomas Borchert
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Larry,

Aside from ground speed, and three dimensional position (and time of
day), what other information does GPS provide?


Wind speed and direction, for example.

I wasn't aware of that. What GPS has the capability to display wind
speed and direction?

GPS doesn't tell you anything about the
powerplant(s), ATC, traffic, fuel, in flight and destination weather,
pilot health,

Larry, I never said it would. Not with one word.

The phrase you used, situational awareness, implies those things.

I know all the stuff you provided for my education.

Then please display your knowledge of that "stuff" by using the
correct terms.

Let's stop the nit-picking and get back to the original topic: The
statement was that, while GPS is nice, moving maps don't do much for a
pilot. I disagree. Strongly.

Your disagreement is apparent. Unfortunately, in this message thread,
you fail to provide any examples of evidence that supports your
contention.

You contend that moving-map GPS is second only to the AI in its
usefulness, but you don't say how it's useful. Your opinion is always
welcome, of course. But the logic you used to arrive at that opinion
would be significantly more useful information, IMHO.