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View Poll Results: Which GPS Format do you prefer?

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  • DMS Degrees:Minutes:Seconds (49°30'02"N, 123°30'30"W) or (49d30m02.5s,-123d30m30.17s)

    6 46.15%

  • DM Degrees: Decimal Minutes (49°30.0', -123°30.0'), (49d30.0m,-123d30.0')

    2 15.38%

  • DD Decimal Degrees (49.5000°,-123.5000°), generally with 4-6 decimal numbers.

    5 38.46%
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  1. 10-17-2008, 00:10 #21
    Mr. Parkay
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    Personally, I hate UTM since it makes it difficult to work with data that spans more than one UTM zone. I usually prefer decimal degrees.
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  2. 10-17-2008, 14:20 #22
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    I get my info from several sources and enter it that way. Then switch the settings to what seems to work at the time, the GPS does the converting.
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