Pronouncement of position

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How do one pronounce correctly the position ex N 58°15.738' & E 15°32.274'
in English if one need to contact the Coast Guard is it in degrees or minutes and seconds/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Twister_Ken]

>In English if one need to contact the Coast Guard is it in degrees or minutes and seconds< Yes.

FIFE EIGHT DEGREES, ONE FIFE DECIMAL SEVEN THUREE EIGHT MINUTES NORTH, ONE FIFE DEGREES, THUREE TWO DECIMAL TWO SEVEN FOWER MINUTES EAST.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

5 - 8 - degrees - 1 - 5 -decimal - 7 - 3 - 8 - Minutes - North - 1 - 5 - degrees - 3 - 2 - decimal - 2 - 7 - 4 - minutes - East

 

[ParaHandy]

>N 58°15.738' & E 15°32.274'

wull ... if it had been me, it widnae be ra coastie ah'd be calling. mair like ra mountain rescue .. itherwise ah'd try and use wurds - less chance orra confusing whoever yer asking fer help eg (in yurr case) 15 miles south orra Linkoeping in swedish of course itherwise ra natives wull be proper confused ....

 

[boatmike]

Bloody wast o' time tellin poor wee chappie hae' ye wud pronounce anithin ye puddin..... He said in ENGLISH !!!!

 

[Talbot]

Personally try to give a sense of the location before the accurate position, i.e. 25 miles S of Ventnor in position .............. This allows other craft in the vicinity to recognise that its worth checking the lat and long.

 

[jimi]

Yes a visual statement and bearing is usually best, like 3 miles west of the big red tanker.

 

[tcm]

That's useless. You should say "three miles west ofwhere the big red tanker *used* to be". Or perhaps "Big red tanker 1.5 pi radians 3 miles " is technically excellent, i reckon.

 

[claymore]

Time tae hit ra big red button

Nae need tae say a worrd
jes hit ra button an evry buggerkens whaur ye are

 

[ParaHandy]

Re: Time tae hit ra big red button

ye've nae been ben ra boat show an' skulked aff wi' anither box orra electrickery tae join orra ithers oan ra floor orra L. Melfort boatyard?

 

[ParaHandy]

wud this ship hae lost a container? that's awfy difficult pinpointing yon's position ...

 

[tcm]

modern navigation

Some highly qualified navigators know all about this and may give a positional envelope comprising the area enclosed by the points "round about here, i think" and "or was it somewhere over there?" and "oops no, i meant back the other way, sorry".

Is is true that "three cornered hat" is rhyming slang?

 

[claymore]

Re: Time tae hit ra big red button

Jings Para - wid ye keep yer vice doon ye big daft galloon - ye didnae ken wha's lisnen

 

[peterb]

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How do one pronounce correctly the position ex N 58°15.738' & E 15°32.274'

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Why would you need to give a position to three places of decimals (about six feet)? Wouldn't N 58°15.7' & E 15°32.3' be close enough?