[OSM-talk] GPX trackpoint stacks

Robert Hart Robert.Hart at BuroHappold.com
Fri Sep 15 23:24:22 BST 2006


> 2^24 would be the significant accuracy of a single float.

Why store the value in a float when you know it has a fixed range of +/-180
degrees? 
With a 32-bit int, you could get accuracy of 360/(2^32), for the same memory
usage.
 
Rob


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