The importance of having an anchor light
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Babylon
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One can safely assume then that there are no Russian warships currently steaming down the Channel, or half-drowned Spanish sailors clambering ashore on Ireland...?
dom
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RichardS
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I see that they have now corrected the lat/long coords .... but I'm still not sure that they are following the usual convention with the minute indicators?
Richard
JumbleDuck
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After all this time maybe it would be worth someone having a look to see if whoever is on board is OK rather than simply posting snippy little NtMs about the anchor lights.
capnsensible
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capnsensible
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How do you know that no one has?
capnsensible
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You think?
RichardS
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capnsensible
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Indeed. Then you would think that flippin a screen on a gps wouldn't take up much brain power.Yep, we do.
Richard
RichardS
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dom
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capnsensible
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So why are a few people making a fuss over something so simple? ??It doesn't take much brain power ..... but that's not the issue.
Richard
penberth3
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Because it's wrong? And so easy to get it right? And it's an official communication which should be checked before issue?
capnsensible
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I haven't plotted it. I don't have a chart of the area. What is wrong with it?
penberth3
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Have a closer look, the mistakes are obvious.
RichardS
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capnsensible
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What, degrees, minutes and decimal places of a minute?You don't need to plot it. Just look at it.
Richard
GHA
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Is that what you teach? Doesn't matter keen students, just put in a minute tick wherever , no big deal. Shove a couple in.. one after the minutes then why not just put another one after the decimal minutes as well, can't hurt, more the merrier...
Or first release, put a few decimal points in, they'll work it out, decimal degrees - degrees decimal minutes - can matter that much, can it.....
Opencpn can work out pretty well between formats pasting in lat/long but really sloppy stuff like that is too much guesswork for a computer, it *does* matter. Sloppy military......
Elessar
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That would be perfect.
About half a mile just south of east of Wooton Beacon (along with a lat long) would be useful too.
