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Re: GPS with VEX

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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
Or take a couple of CMUcams (or perhaps something with a bit higher resolution) and point them up at the ceiling... use some of the fixed field lighting as "stars" for an "astonomical" positioning system. It would require a fair bit of effort to deal with blinking and moving lights and such, let alone lens flares and other real-world weirdness, but in the happy, happy world of pure theory... it might work.
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Originally Posted by Gdeaver View Post
There are six fixed position 900 mhz transmitters at the operator stations...
For the past couple of years, the transmitters are actually all on a common "tower" at one side of the field.