How to measure the accuracy of latitude and longitude?
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A discussion of the precision of latitude and longitude.
How precise are those 6 digits after the decimal point? Well, five decimal places will get you to within a meter and six will get you to within 11 cm.
12 October 2014 Edit: 8 September 2018
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- Measurement, Bearings, Space and Geometry, Mapping, Latitude & Longitude, Spherical geometry
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