Entering GPS waypoints

I doubt it.

1 deg = 60 NM, at the equator this means (approx) an area of 3600 NM
square.
1 minute = 1NM or 1/60 of a degree, an area of 2NM square
1 minute in decimal= 0.6NM or .36 NM square area.
Never mind the seconds.

Not much of a difference when they are looking(i think).

I would be more worried about using the same GPS reference(WPS-84 etc).

-Kees

P.S. For ease conversions buy a $10 calculator.

Doug wrote:
Well, I can think of a couple. You are down, safely but crashed. You
pick up an airliner on 121.5. Ready to copy, he says. You say N48 34'
26". He says uh, could you give that to me in fssst %^^ north
---***$%^& copy )(*)_*. Last you hear of him.

Pretty lame scenario. Fact is, someone copying your position in a
S&R just going to copy your position and not ask for silly things in
the middle of your transmission.

Personally, I don't really care if this is standardized or not.
Every GPS I've ever known will take either method 1 or 2 (not sure
about 3). The placement of the decimal point makes it instantly clear
what method is being used.

During fire season in the Rockies, I usually get to report at least
one fire per year to Center. I report them in HHMMSS, HHMM.xxx,
(depending on which GPS I'm using), and even VOR radial and distance.
The only resistance I ever encountered was about 5 yrs. ago when the
controller did not want lat./long. coordinates, but insisted on a VOR
radial and distance.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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I doubt it.

1 deg = 60 NM, at the equator this means (approx) an area of 3600 NM
square.
1 minute = 1NM or 1/60 of a degree, an area of 2NM square
1 minute in decimal= 0.6NM or .36 NM square area.
Never mind the seconds.

Not much of a difference when they are looking(i think).

I would be more worried about using the same GPS reference(WPS-84 etc).


Yes, if you are using WPS-84, it could be a real pain :-)

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