Buggy5151 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 (edited) On the set up page for heading. What is the differants between ,CardinalLetters,Degrees and Mils. Which one is the one I should us ? Edited August 24, 2004 by buggy711 Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 (edited) Cardinal Letters are the N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW, etc. Degrees divides a full circle into 360 parts (degrees), with North being 0, East 90, South 180, and West 270. Mils (Military) divides the circle into 6400 parts (mils). Use the format that you are most comfortable with (I happen to use degrees). Edited August 24, 2004 by Stunod Quote Link to comment
+Kai Team Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 I also use degrees - more precise than cardinal letters, but not as fine as mils (there's a point at which more precision is an illusion). If you're used to a magnetic compass with cardinal letters and find converting degrees in your head awkward (e.g. 0 = N; 90 = E; 180 = S; 270 = W; 45 = NE; etc) when you want to know a direction (e.g. a description says, "walk northeast from the cache for a beautiful view"), you might want to use cardinal letters. But it's fairly easy to make the conversions once you've used degrees a little bit! Quote Link to comment
+Thot Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 I’m not sure what you're setting, but if it’s the bearing and you use a compass I’d say you need to use degrees so you can set the bearing on the compass. Quote Link to comment
+Andy and Robin Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Which screen do you see the difference between Cardinal and degrees. I have tried both and not seen a difference. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Buggy5151 Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 I use this on the navigation page ! And thanks for everyone's reply. Now I understand. Quote Link to comment
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