On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 21:19:30 UTC, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Bob Eager expressed precisely :
Then (read original post) I measured the
bearing corresponding to the run of the (straight) road on which I live.

Ah, I see now.

The method does though rely heavily on the road being straight for long
enough and your house being aligned to that road. Living on a rather
short road with several bends in it and in a house not aligned with the
road, I was struggling to grasp your method.

I guess one could compensate by using a fairly large scale map - I've
always had one of those, wherever I've lived.

After all, high accuracy isn't needed since there's always a final
adjustment. I know I'd have pointed in completely the wrong direction
otherwise!

(actually, the transmitter recommended by the DTG site turned out to be
useless. Another one, about 120 degrees anticlockwise, as it were,
turned out to be far better)

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