Re: Why does Garmin use semicirles for waypoint positions and radians for postion?

From: Keith Sheppard (keith.sheppard_at_tesco.net)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:35:37 GMT

>>The Garmin protocol returns semicircles for the way point position but
>>radians for position and PVT data position. Why the difference?
Because they can?

I can't think of any logical reason for choosing one or the other so I guess
the reasons must be historical and/or the two parts of the protocol were
defined by different designers. The only thing you can do is live with it.
Conversion from one to the other isn't hard.

Keith