Geodetic precision

From: Bruno Tilgner (Bruno_Tilgner@compuserve.com)
Date: Sat Aug 18 2001 - 04:31:36 PDT

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    Chris Olsson wrote:

>Position #1:  (WGS84)
>51° 28' 40.125" N   0° 00' 05.310" W    Height 92.603m
>
>Position #3:  (WGS72)
>51° 28' 40.028" N   0° 00' 05.864" E    Height 89.563m

I am surprised at the large difference in longitude of 11.174".
As Rob Matson wrote, the longitude error is alwys 0.00015 degrees
which equals 0.54", i.e. a factor 20 smaller.

Bruno Tilgner
48.844N 2.201E (WGS84)





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