On Thursday 28 July 2011 18:54:21 HB-GRAL wrote:
> Hi Geos
>
> Can someone explain me why we use
>
>      lat="N37 42.807"
>      lon="W122 12.963"
>
> in parking.xml and groundnet.xml
>
> and not lat/lon formats like we use it for runways and it is used in
> apt.dat and other data files ?
>
> Thanks, Yves

Because parking.xml/groundnet.xml predates everthing else, but decimal degrees 
are much nicer to work in. 

Ron

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