[Rhodes22-list] GPS confusion

[Joseph Hadzima]

hi Roy,

I read it as him having the same problem as myself ... poor
eyesight due to old age :-)  

In my case should I mount a white cane with a red stripe on
the port side, and one with a green on the starboard?  
:-))




--- Rory Orkin <roryorkin at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
> There is usually a setting on the GPS to allow the format
> to be reported back
> in a format consistant with the charts.
> I guess if he can not figure out the format on his charts
> , he may need to
> engage a navigator . :-)
>                                                          
>     R
> 
> Joseph Hadzima wrote:
> > 
> > Here is a snip from another sailing list.  I thought it
> > would make good reference for the archives :-)
> > 
> > happy piloting!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----------begin included message:
> > 
> > OK I must admit I am really confused.
> > 
> > For the past year I have been learning the ins and outs
> of
> > navigating with a GPS. A while ago I started noticing
> > discrepancies between coordinates indicated on charts,
> what
> > my GPS said and what I would find listed as coordinates
> on
> > various sources on the internet.
> > 
> > After much reading on the internet and in a couple of
> > navigation books I have I determined that there are
> pretty
> > much 3 systems in use.
> > 
> > 1) DD MM' ss" Degrees Minutes Seconds (what I find on
> > charts I think)
> > 
> > 2) DD MM.mmm Degrees Minutes Decimal Minutes (what my
> GPS
> > normally says)
> > 
> > 3) DD.ddddd Degrees and Decimal Degrees (What I find on
> > some websites like NOAA)
> > 
> > However it is not always easy to tell which is which
> when
> > reading them from a source.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > HADZ (a.k.a. joe)
> > 
> > "Did you know...that when you walk past a flower,
> whether it be in
> > somebody's garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower
> will always
> > smile at you. The most polite way to respond, I've been
> told, is
> > to cheerfully return the smile."
> > --Ron Atchison
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