Ita a format standard used in GPS (Gloabl Positioniong Systems). This following URL may help to explain it, it was the first thing I came to when using the Alta-Vista search engine with 'NMEA-0183'. http://www.marinesoft.com/Navigation/Technical/mse4.htm -Bill ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
