Re: [gpsd-dev] ✘CEP(50) 0.285 metersMime-Version: 1.0

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:02:32 -0700
Hal Murray <address@hidden> wrote:

> address@hidden said:
> > Yeah, been there done that, not what I need.  I need to FORCE what
> > I need, not just hope for "usually".   
> 
> If you are working with LAT/LON, they have a known range.  You can
> convert to long/bignum with manual scaling.

I'd rather do "long double" if I can.  Then no worry about improper
scaling.  And I don't want to rewrite the Python gps.py library in fixed
point.  Execution speed is not an issue.

Remember, I'm not a Python guy, trying to keep this simple and obvious.

RGDS
GARY
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