[Xastir-dev] Position accuracy

[Jack Twilley]

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>>>>> "Curt" == Curt Mills <Curt> writes:

Jack> The map window's position is given in microdegrees, which gave
Jack> me hope until I went to configure my station's position to find
Jack> I was limited to milliminutes (nice unit, eh) for resolution.
Jack> Now, since one minute is one-sixtieth of a degree, there are
Jack> 60000 milliminutes to each degree.  That's almost as good as
Jack> 100000 microdegrees to each degree, but it got me thinking.

Curt> Switch to compressed positions and you get better accuracy.

I think you might be missing my point.

I don't care about the precision of what goes over the air.

What do I care about is the precision of my station's configured
location.

They are separate things, for sure.

Jack.
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