richpeet wrote:
>
> I have read the requested info for documentation post but there still
> appears to be no standard to the GPS location datum used.
> Having had no response from research people I have contacted I have
> been using a format that I found most easy, but really don't care and
> find the US government using a different standard than the State.
> I use no min and secs and wgs 84. If anyone could give a reason to
> standardize to something else I would be happy to switch.
>
> For example I document a location as:
> N45.46796 W93.70531 WGS84
>
> What would be the best most easily used standard and the most uniform
> way to write it down?
I always try and use the full degrees, minutes, seconds, topos are laid
out like that. As far as the Datum, it appears like USGS may be using
WGS84. They also recommend decimal degrees like you are using.
Walt
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