The importance of having an anchor light
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penberth3
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Try Specsavers.
capnsensible
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I don't believe you guys are so insecure with your navigational skills that you are getting so pedantic over....nothin, really.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......
RichardS
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capnsensible
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Stay in yer armchairs, guys, it's scary out there with sea monsters.
Richard, I sail all sorts of different boats with all sorts of navaids on them. Sometimes with nothing but an echo sounder. So I'm happy to overlook that someone put an apostrophe after some numbers by mistake. It doesn't trouble me a bit.
Richard, I sail all sorts of different boats with all sorts of navaids on them. Sometimes with nothing but an echo sounder. So I'm happy to overlook that someone put an apostrophe after some numbers by mistake. It doesn't trouble me a bit.
GHA
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So you really do teach sloppiness in navigation???
And it's fine for the military to be sloppy? Aren't they meant to set a good example?
First offering, 2 decimal points in the lat/long - but that's nothin really, can't matter eh.......... 50.44 354 N 01.11.501 W
Righto teacher....
Elessar
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Don’t do much care about the mistake, more the pointlessness if posting lat long only.So you really do teach sloppiness in navigation???
And it's fine for the military to be sloppy? Aren't they meant to set a good example?
First offering, 2 decimal points in the lat/long - but that's nothin really, can't matter eh.......... 50.44 354 N 01.11.501 W
Righto teacher....
Mudisox
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Probably sent from a report from either the ferry or a yachtsman who quoted the lat/long.
capnsensible
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No. I excel. But I'm still missing your point. Try harder.So you really do teach sloppiness in navigation???
And it's fine for the military to be sloppy? Aren't they meant to set a good example?
First offering, 2 decimal points in the lat/long - but that's nothin really, can't matter eh.......... 50.44 354 N 01.11.501 W
Righto teacher....
capnsensible
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It's jack tar this an jack tar that an yer apostrophe's all wrong
But it's thank you Lord Horatio when they save yer from the bomb....
But it's thank you Lord Horatio when they save yer from the bomb....
dom
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Sure hope the RN sharpens up before programming one of their cruise missiles....
Fist Sea Lord: ?
"Ooh errr, sorry Boris, what do you mean we just flattened 10 Downing Street?
"FFS that was meant for the Middle East somewhere.
"Promise to sort out those pesky degrees, minutes, seconds, decimals and what not "
capnsensible
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I can only suggest that you guys are getting all giggly about the first ntm that hat has now been re issued. So what exactly is wrong with the new one?Sure hope the RN sharpens up before programming one of their cruise missiles....
Fist Sea Lord: ?
"Ooh errr, sorry Boris, what do you mean we just flattened 10 Downing Street?"FFS that was meant for the Middle East somewhere."Promise to sort out those pesky degrees, minutes, seconds, decimals and what not "
dom
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GHA
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What format is this?
50.44 354 N 01.11.501 W
And you think it's fine to publish lat and long like that?
Bru
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Plotted by several and in different places because the format is ambiguous - so which is it? Decimal degrees or deg decimal minutes? No way of knowing, plot and guess which seems most likely. Hardly perfectly acceptable, more like sloppy.
Sloppy indeed but the ambiguities are resolved when one considers that the only viable position is the one within the remit of the QHM
capnsensible
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And? Might be a tad difficult plotting to three decimal places but where's your problem?
capnsensible
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What is exactly wrong with it? It seems that nearly everyone else but four of you on here plot like that.
RichardS
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50.44? Seriously? Does anyone plot like that other than the good Captain? It looks at first glance like decimal degrees, which would be fine. But second glance reveals that it's not.
So they tried it again and, although it's an improvement on the first, it's still not correct.
Richard
JumbleDuck
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50.44? Seriously? Does anyone plot like that other than the good Captain? It looks at first glance like decimal degrees, which would be fine. But second glance reveals that it's not.
So they tried it again and, although it's an improvement on the first, it's still not correct.
Probably done by someone from the submarine side of things ... they have notoriously iffy navigational skills ...
capnsensible
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This is a great thread for highlighting an often discussed problem. Those that would spend a moment plotting the position on a paper chart, seeing that a . has been missed, shrugging and getting on with it versus those that are solely reliant on an electronic picture. The prudent mariner will always use one to cross check against the other and be relaxed and content.50.44? Seriously? Does anyone plot like that other than the good Captain? It looks at first glance like decimal degrees, which would be fine. But second glance reveals that it's not.
So they tried it again and, although it's an improvement on the first, it's still not correct.
Richard
The pedants can enjoy themselves arguing back and forwards and getting all fretful.
So apart from a couple of posters who just want to do a bit of point scoring (geddit padz) life goes on. ?
