[aprssig] APRS LAT/LONG standards

[Ron Stordahl]

This discussion reminds me of the Air Canada passenger jet from Toronto 
to Vancouver that was forced down at Brandon Manitoba when the fuel ran 
out..  Seems the fuel was loaded in pounds rather than kilograms.

I don't suppose there is any possibility that we will soon be measning 
angles in radians rather than degrees is there?  2 pi radians = 360 degrees.

Ron, N5IN

Gerry Creager n5jxs wrote:

> Chill.  Direct attacks have no benefit here.  Neither do strong 
> unsupported positions.
>
> Aviation GPS uses decimal degrees.  The conversion is (or should be) 
> within the capabilities of anyone who passed a Part 97 exam.  There 
> are, as demonstrated by several messages to this Sig, several 
> alternatives for use in the form of utility scripts.
>
> Gerry
>
> Robert Bruninga wrote:
>
>>>>> steve at dimse.com 5/26/2005 1:12:13 PM >>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> findU uses decimal degrees, and will continue to do so.
>>
>>
>>
>> Which is one of the biggest problems in APRS.
>> There is no classical navigation system that uses
>> decimal degrees for navigation.  ANd it is not
>> the APRS standard, nor the GPS standar and it only causes these kinds 
>> of problems.
>>
>> Why do you feel it is important to be out of step with the rest of 
>> the GPS world, APRS and all other
>> classic systems of navigation?
>>
>> Bob
>>
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