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What is wrong with classical coordinates for emergencies? Like 42 degrees north, 13 minutes and 4.5 seconds?
by andi999 6y ago
What is wrong with classical coordinates for emergencies? Like 42 degrees north, 13 minutes and 4.5 seconds?
- blackboxlogic 6y agoI know of one rescue that didn't go smoothly because there was confusion between degrees, minutes, seconds and decimal degrees.
- selfhoster11 6y agoYou could just read off a fractional N-W GPS coordinate like an average person. Every smartphone comes with a GPS app these days.
- stef25 6y agoAssuming you're reading these values off a device, most can display them in various different formats. It's pretty confusing and converting them isn't easy either.
- andi999 6y agoYes, but does a system which uses singular and plural of words as a distinguishing feature really help here. (not saying that there couldnt be a better system based on words)
- LorenPechtel 5y agoIt's easier to get confused. And there's still ambiguity. A few months back I was fighting my phone over this--typing degrees/minutes/seconds into Google on a phone isn't easy. I ended up using the calculator to convert it to degrees with fractions. Finding the spot along the road was a pain.