[Xastir-dev] Re: [Xastir] (was: Is traffic encryption possible?) grids/datum

[Rolf Bleher, DK7IN]

Am Freitag, 16. November 2007 schrieb Curt:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Brad Douglas wrote:
> > I'd be curious to see
> > what shift European users report switching between the two on a
> > GPS.
>
> Easiest way is to switch to UTM, write down the easting/northing
> with WGS84 datum, then switch to NAD83 and write those coordinates
> down.  The difference in meters is easy to calculate between the
> two as long as the zone stays constant and we're talking a small
> area.

I can help with this one :-)  But everyone else could set it's GPS 
into simulator mode and transfer it to Europe. Berlin, Germany and a
a 1997 Garmin GPS-II-Plus in my case...

WGS84
N52.62073° E013.39799°
33U 039 1552
UTM 583 1286

NAD83
N52.62073° E013.39799°
33U 039 1552
UTM 583 1286

So, in this case, both is the same

73s de Rolf  
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