Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lat Lon vs. Deg Min

2011-07-29 Thread HB-GRAL
Am 29.07.11 15:18, schrieb HB-GRAL: > Am 29.07.11 12:15, schrieb Durk Talsma: >> Hi, >> >> On 29 Jul 2011, at 02:54, 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 >>> >> >>

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lat Lon vs. Deg Min

2011-07-29 Thread HB-GRAL
Am 29.07.11 12:15, schrieb Durk Talsma: > Hi, > > On 29 Jul 2011, at 02:54, 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 >> > > This is mainly for historic reasons. I started out usin

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lat Lon vs. Deg Min

2011-07-29 Thread Durk Talsma
Hi, On 29 Jul 2011, at 02:54, 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 > This is mainly for historic reasons. I started out using an example ground network file that was made using an

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Lat Lon vs. Deg Min

2011-07-28 Thread Ron Jensen
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 ? > > Than

[Flightgear-devel] Lat Lon vs. Deg Min

2011-07-28 Thread HB-GRAL
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 ---