Rob: Thanks... I received the details on converting to decimal which was my problem. I was thinking your mention of different units meant the physical device. :) I'm good now.
Clockstats: 3903.1134,N,07729.1153,W, 39 deg 03' 11.34" >>>> 39+3/60+11.34/3600 = 39.05315 77 deg 29' 11.53" >>>> 77+29/60+11.53/3600 = 77.486536 -Alby On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Rob Janssen <[email protected]> wrote: > AlbyVA wrote: > >> I'm using a Sure GPS Evaluation Board and I noticed the Longitude/Latitude >> being logged into Clockstats is off by several miles from the antenna's >> true location. >> >> My question is if that discrepancy is normal for this GPS board? I >> typically average visibility of 7.31/satellites, So I doubt it's a >> triangulation issue. Any ideas on why I have such a GPS inaccuracy issue >> or >> is the SureGPS board not the best when it comes to figuring out where it >> is? >> Either that >> >> SureGPS: N39.031134 W77.291153 >> >> Actual Loc: N39.051939 W77.485034 >> >> Distance between 2 locations is about 10 miles. >> >> > This kind of difference is usually caused by different units. One of > them is in > decimal degrees, the other in degrees/minutes/seconds or degrees/decimal > minutes. > > Rob > _______________________________________________ > pool mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool > _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
