Porky Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Anyone know why ACSI has changed from decimal co-ordinates to degrees minutes seconds and yet it is still metric on their web site!!!! Also different again why the aires books are degrees minutes metric? Is there any reason why metric can`t be the standard then together with my TT & Google Earth they will all talk the same language instead of having to keep converting. Just had my ACSI delivered to Spain by Vicarious Books, very efficient. Roy Fuller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvin marvin Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 No I don't know, but my view is that GPS Co-ords should all be in degrees/minutes and seconds, not degrees and decimal fractions of a degree or degrees/minutes and decimal fractions of minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I'm with Marvin on this one. That's how navigation was done "in my day" at least. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 As an RYA Oceanmaster I am very familiar with degrees minutes and seconds and would have no issue with it being the standard. But why can`t we have a standard? Perhaps the government could create yet another qwango with highly paid consultants to take three years to produce a report>:-):'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyg3nwl Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hi , Why get fussed about degrees/decimal etc, Both my sat navs (garmin and Mio) can be persuaded to accept whichever format is offered, just by setting preferences in case of garmin (quest2), or typing in the reading inserting degrees or minutes key or decimal point as appropriate in case of Mio. I am planning trip to Austria via Romantische Strasse for next summer, using Garmin to guide us there, and will use Mio to find nearest stopover when time to stop arrives. Garmin route planning with waypoints is done on computer screen at home, the transferred to Quest for daily navigation, while Mio (freebie with the van) has been uploaded with stellplatz, Aires, France Passion, ACSI, and camping cheque details. Hopefully we wont get lost, but if all else fails, we have Germany, Belgium, France, Austria, and Swiss book maps, so must remember to take both pairs of glasses, and try teaching better half which way is left when map is upside down.!!! Tonyg3nwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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