> I realise that the format is different, > but I wonder why? Degrees, Minutes, Seconds is very old-skool, like LORAN and TACAN. Decimal degrees are just as precise, and are trendy, like GPS. You can convert back and forth here: http://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html or http://tinyurl.com/4yun4wx > Posting coordinates in sigs is fun and > allows u to see where the message > is coming from. OK, I'll play - my GPS says I am posting from 41.090770, -72.350017. Google will snap to the closest point on land, Bing shows absolute position. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html