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Re: Direct methods
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2007 Nov 03, 07:30 -0700
From: Dave Walden
Date: 2007 Nov 03, 07:30 -0700
>From the spread sheet: "enter min unsigned unless dec degrees equal zero, gha 0-360, alt 0-90" Its seems to work for me. Can you post an input set that fails? On Nov 3, 5:54 pm, "George Huxtable"wrote: > Try again, d walden! > > He wrote, about his spreadsheet- > > "Revised version is attached which should fix the > problem more elegantly." > > But in escaping from one trap, he has fallen into another. > > You will get wrong answers for negative values unless you attach a negative > sign to both the degrees and the minutes that are input. > > I am aware of these difficulties, having in my time fallen victim to them, > and several others, in the ostensibly simple process of inputting and > outputting degrees-and-minutes. > > George. > > contact George Huxtable at geo...@huxtable.u-net.com > or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) > or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---