What makes life interesting is the situation where your organization has decided that GPS coordinates will be referenced to NAD83, but all the existing maps are NAD27. Ah, well, the conversion isn't that hard.
But I think this explains why some outfits prefer Lat Lon.
Yes, but even with Lat/Lon, you still need to specify the datum. For example N 61 deg 12.047 min W 149 deg 56.712 min in NAD83 is about 134 meters WNW of the same Lat/Lon in NAD27. The reason is that each is referenced to a different spheroid.
AKSARR, thank you so much for giving me a way to keep you from finding (and presumably removing) our priceless artifacts. Gotta keep them pot hunters at bay!!
No worries. I have good friends who are archaeologists. I'd leave it for them. I'm a geo, and more interested in what's underneath. There is an old saying in geology:
"One man's overburden is another man's basement!" 
Previous Topic
Index
