I'm confused and would appreciate some help from the brains here. For those who don't frequent the "Questions" and "ATC" forums, I have a web site which addresses the topic of reporting points. I have recently added the ability to visualise on a map the area above which each point lies.
This is a good example.
My problem is immediately apparent! I would expect SPEAR to be somewhat closer to Southend Pier than SW of Gillingham.
The coordinates are straight from the AIP - 513434N, 0004201E. I suspect that the AIP and the map software are using different "flavours" of Latitute and Longtitude.
Any ideas? If there are different flavours, then a clue on how to convert would be good!
Thanks in advance.