[FLWSS] Locations

[GRAHAM HULS]

I was wondering when someone would ask this question  again first which system are you in ? 
you should be in nad83 and it should be in hours minutes seconds not decimal to convert correctly  big difference  find out which your program takes to convert to maidenhead correctly  .. i brought this up 3-4 years ago about rover positions if they were sure they were in the grid they thought they were and was told to go away pretty much  :)  
 
all handheld gps  are within 100metres no way around this it's a fact...  unless you have a $6,000 waas, rtcm corrected handheld gps tracking 5 sats or more  on L1 L2  you aren't where you think you are  so you will have to read your gps manual and then set the parameters correctly, visit a well known geographic feature to check precision on a quad map  such as water tower or airport control tower or best  yet a ngs geodetic control point listed under NOAA/ngs  and see how far you are off      73 ke4wbo > From: kf4yox at embarqmail.com> To: k4rsv at bellsouth.net; flwss at flwss.net> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:42:44 -0500> Subject: Re: [FLWSS] Locations> > I believe it is "madinhead"> 73 Sam kf4yox> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Presley" <k4rsv at bellsouth.net>> To: "FLWSS Bulletin Board" <flwss at flwss.net>> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:22 PM> Subject: [FLWSS] Locations> > > > Gents,> >> > Joe and I were trying to unravel longitude and latitude formats. He and I> > have been using hddd* mm' ss.s" and we have them programmed into our GPS> > units that way. When we talked to Jim (nn4aa) about his rover location he> > used Degrees only (hddd* dddd.d).> >> > This raises questions that we need to resolve today. It is easy to > > exchange> > location information and misunderstand which format is being used. So, > > what> > is commonly used or what is the standard? Most hand-held GPS units have> > several formats to select from, but we all need to be using the same one.> >> > We are looking for strong objections to using the format we are using. > > Note> > that it is also the "Google Earth" default. This helpful tool will also> > accept log/lat format data in the "Fly To" box for getting quick visuals.> >> > George K4 RSV Please> >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > Website http://www.flwss.net> >> > FLWSS mailing list> > FLWSS at flwss.net> > http://flwss.net/mailman/listinfo/flwss_flwss.net > > > _______________________________________________> Website http://www.flwss.net> > FLWSS mailing list> FLWSS at flwss.net> http://flwss.net/mailman/listinfo/flwss_flwss.net
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