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I, "Reg" <[email protected]> wrote
> "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> > Just got a Garmin sat-nav system & it's a couple of miles out. I
> know the earthquake caused some problems
> > but I didn't think it was that far out?
> But an error of 2 miles indicates a major problem as the causes
> mentioned above will only give error of up to about 300 yards.
Setup
> errors will not give errors of 2 miles.
Sorry Nige, I've just thought of the possible cause of large errors.
If you are displaying Lat/Long, you are probably using the wrong
format.
There are a few ways of giving a Lat or Long.
52 degrees, 30 minutes, 15 seconds, or
52 degrees, 30.25 minutes - i.e. a decimal
I guess that this could give the errors that you are seeing. As I use
BNG, I'm not aware of the magnitude of error caused by getting the
format wrong.
Reg.
> "Nige" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> > Just got a Garmin sat-nav system & it's a couple of miles out. I
> know the earthquake caused some problems
> > but I didn't think it was that far out?
> But an error of 2 miles indicates a major problem as the causes
> mentioned above will only give error of up to about 300 yards.
Setup
> errors will not give errors of 2 miles.
Sorry Nige, I've just thought of the possible cause of large errors.
If you are displaying Lat/Long, you are probably using the wrong
format.
There are a few ways of giving a Lat or Long.
52 degrees, 30 minutes, 15 seconds, or
52 degrees, 30.25 minutes - i.e. a decimal
I guess that this could give the errors that you are seeing. As I use
BNG, I'm not aware of the magnitude of error caused by getting the
format wrong.
Reg.
