RE: Decimal Vs Sexagesimal Notation

["Bob Green" <>]

For many reasons I prefer not to use DMS or decimal degrees anyway.
The map books created by the respective fire services CFA (Vic) and CFS (SA) 
both work with Eastings and Northings, with the GPS set to UTM.
For field work, birdwatching or whatever it is so simple to find a location or 
mark out a site, as a quick glance at the map and your GPS will tell you for 
instance that you are 250m due East of your intended location. I haven't 
figured out yet an easy way to determine how far away (0 degrees 22 min 15 
seconds) is.
I realise you can enter destinations in your GPS but for ease of use in the 
field I vote for UTM every time.

Bob Green
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