Agreed. I'd have been surprised if it was truly accurate to 1 degree
and might have expected 1 degree markings. 0.1 is a pretty small angle.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/23/2010 8:00 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 10/23/2010 2:05 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Wow! Very nice! And I'll bet some folks would be willing to buy
>>> an iPad just to get that clinometer. Is it really accurate to
>>> 0.1 degree?
>> ...
>>
>> Accuracy? Well, here's the deal. You can calibrate the device. 0.1
>> degree? The granularity of the display is 0.1 degree and since it
>> does allow for calibration I will say that it's accurate to it.
>
> That's a leap of faith. I've come across many electronic read out
> digital devices with display resolution/granularity finer than actual
> accuracy.
>
> Stickler Moose
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