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On 11/24/10, Gary LaPook  wrote:
> The original post had the coordinates as N 51 28.674' W 000 00.088'.
>
> Frank has the coordinates for the same place from Google Earth as
> lat/lon=51.477895,-0.001506.
>
> Converting to sexigesimal makes the Google Earth coordinates:
>
> N 51 28.6737' W 000 00.09036
>
> So the differences between the Google Earth coordinates and the coordinates
> from the GPS being evaluated is zero in latitude (rounded to the same
> precision) and in longitude .002' (again rounded to the same precision)
> about 7 feet, or 2 meters, close enough for most practical navigation so
> don't throw that GPS away.
>
> gl
>
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