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Forum: Navigation 07-02-2016, 06:48
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Posted By OldFrog75
Re: Different numbers for "Seconds" in Lats and longs?

I have never seen seconds taken to 3 decimal points on a gps device whereas minutes are always taken to 3 decimal points - at least that's the way it is on my Garmin.

The OP was questioning which...
Forum: Navigation 07-02-2016, 06:18
Replies: 56
Views: 6,233
Posted By OldFrog75
Re: Different numbers for "Seconds" in Lats and longs?

Of course there are examples where the arithmetic works out between the two but given 1/100th of a nm is 60.76 feet and 1/60 of a nm is 101.27 feet, are not decimal minutes more accurate/precise than...
Forum: Navigation 06-02-2016, 16:06
Replies: 56
Views: 6,233
Posted By OldFrog75
Re: Different numbers for "Seconds" in Lats and longs?

I'm not convinced my statement was not correct:

Accurate - (of information, measurements, statistics, etc.) correct in all details; exact.
synonyms: correct, precise, exact, right, error-free,...
Forum: Navigation 06-02-2016, 10:22
Replies: 56
Views: 6,233
Posted By OldFrog75
Re: Different numbers for "Seconds" in Lats and longs?

First off I think you need to double check your arithmetic since 192' is closer to 2 seconds than 1 second.

I've never seen lat and lon displayed as minutes and seconds but I assume it's whole...
Forum: Navigation 06-02-2016, 09:45
Replies: 56
Views: 6,233
Posted By OldFrog75
Re: Different numbers for "Seconds" in Lats and longs?

Sure. 0.025 minutes is more accurate that 1 or 2 seconds.
Forum: Navigation 05-02-2016, 05:23
Replies: 56
Views: 6,233
Posted By OldFrog75
Re: Different numbers for "Seconds" in Lats and longs?

Me too. And decimal minutes is more accurate than whole seconds.
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