RE: [Paddlewise] More Re: UTM

From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:16:16 -0400
> The issue really is finding your position on a map from the GPS
> coordinates.
> It may not be too much of an issue when you are in an area with
> lots of land
> marks but when you are surrounded by mangroves and it's the islands just
> blend into one another, the UTM system is excellent.

Doh! I thought the GPS could display position in all those formats also.
Mine is still at Garmin being upgraded, or I'd probably would have known
that.

Woody


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