Survex digest, Vol 1 #296 - 1 msg

[Olly Betts]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 08:17:52AM +0100, Graham Mullan wrote:
> It would seem to me that <DEG>.<MIN>' is far too close to <DEG>.<MIN>, as
> used to enter degrees and decimals thereof and might therefore cause errors
> to arise.

I have in mind that only one would be valid at a time (sorry, I should
have explained this).  For example:

*units compass degrees
1 2 10.24 300.5 -01
; This would be rejected as an error: 1 2 10.24 300.5' -01

*units compass degminsec
1 2 10.24 300.30' -01
; This would be rejected as an error: 1 2 10.24 300.30 -01

Otherwise (as you point out) the danger of transcription errors is too high.

Cheers,
    Olly