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Old 22nd March 2009 | 21:40
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IO540
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From: EuroGA.org
N5207.62 E00057.47
Is there a GPS that actually uses this representation?

OK, I can see that it is obvious, because "everybody" knows that degrees latitude can only be 00 to 90 (2 digits) hence the "52" must be whole degrees, and "everybody" knows that degrees longitude can be up to 180 (3 digits) hence the "000" must be whole degrees... but this is pretty confusing.
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