[OSM-talk] Datums

[Ray Booysen]

Hi Andrew

It should be set to WGS84.

Thanks!
Ray

On 1/15/07, Andrew Rowbottom <andrew.rowbottom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me what Datum I should be using on my GPS? I can't
> seem to find anything on this in the Wiki.
> I'm assuming I should be using WGS84 since that's reasonable for the
> whole world, but obviously in the UK (where I am) my datum would
> normally be OSGB(36?). The difference is between 70 and 100 meters
> which is significant compared to current GPS accuracy.
>
> see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_national_grid_reference_system#Datum_shift_between_OSGB_36_and_WGS_84
>
> Andrew Rowbottom
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Ray Booysen
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