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Old 04-29-2010, 08:17 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Maybe you can use your trip odometer to do the same thing as the GPS?

- Park the car
- Tape an "X" where you parked for reference
- Reset the trip odometer to 0.0
- Go "Y" distance
- Park the car, being careful to make sure the you stop where the odometer increments, i.e. on the 0.1 mile mark.
- Tape another "X" where you stop.
- Keep going forward solwly in 0.1 mile increments and tape an "X" at each place. You may need some sticks for this to mark them accurately.

The problem with this is that your "resolution" will be 0.1 miles, aka 528 feet. That means you will still need a measuring wheel, at least for the distance *between* the sticks.

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