Longitude

[Murthy Yenamandra]

Ted Samsel writes:
> Murthy sez:
> > A metric unit is not needed unless you want to measure latitude and
> > longitude in metric using gradians, radians or some such units (which is
> > not a popular practice), 
> I beg to differ.... UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR uses meters as the
> base..... it's quite popular amongst us cartographers.
> And it lends its self well to GPS systems...

Umm, I know that many modern navigation systems use meters and
kilometers (instead of nautical miles), but what I meant was that it was
not a popular practice to use anything but degrees and minutes for
latitude and longitude. Would like to know if this is incorrect...

Murthy

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