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[Buggy5151]

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

[+Stunod]

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

[+Kai Team]

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!

[+Thot]

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.

[+Andy and Robin]

Which screen do you see the difference between Cardinal and degrees. I have tried both and not seen a difference.

Thanks

[Buggy5151]

I use this on the navigation page !

And thanks for everyone's reply.

Now I understand.