Re: Google Earth vs Garmin 2610

David Lee <davidlee_malvern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

fundamental to navigation that it should be assumed that only an idiot would
design a navigational GPS receiver without it! But then we are talking
about Garmin designers here of course!

I've been using GPS for 8 years, and I NEVER, NEVER have the need to
use another coordinate system. Yes, I've been to other countries. ;)

Are there some places on earth that cannot be described by the WGS84
datum? I mean won't the world be a better place if all the
measurements are standardized? ;)

manner of reasons. For example, one of the most popular family weekend
pastimes in Britain is visiting country houses, castles, parks etc and both
the National Trust and English Heritage Visitor's Handbooks provide the
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference of every single attraction. The same is true
of almost all nature reserves, bird sanctuaries etc etc etc. You may be

Then perhaps it's time they get-on with the 21st century and provid
WGS84 coordinates. ;)

You can probably do the conversion in mapsource before the trip.

Raymond
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