You go your way, I'll go mine. I guess it's what one has got used to, and
who needs to change just for the sake of it ?
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Bob Green
Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2010 10:01 AM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: RE: Decimal Vs Sexagesimal Notation
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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