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Old November 18th 06, 01:29 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default GPS altitude again is close to actual

gpsman writes:

I meant to imply that there is no practical limit of the accuracy of
digital gauges while analog gauges are severely limited, comparatively.


There's no limit on the precision; but the limit on accuracy is the
same, since digital gauges are just representations of an analog
variable, and all barometric altitude measurement (like all other
measurement of physical variables) is analog.

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