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Old 6th November 2000 | 18:01
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reynoldsno1
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An excellent example of the ambiguity that exists between regulatory and technical requirements. ICAO require positions in Lat/Long to be referenced to the WGS 84 geodetic datum in the format DDMMSS/DDDMMSS.
The technical requirement for formatting in RNAV/FME receivers usually uses the format DDMM.MM/DDDMM.MM

You guys be careful now
BTW - the largest difference between WGS84 and local datum co-ordinates is, I believe, in Japan, and it's around 1.8km