[OSM-talk] military vs consumer GPS and the equator

[andrzej zaborowski]

On 25 January 2011 23:02, Joe Richards <geojoelists en gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem is my consumer GPSes (a Garmin GPSMap 60Csx and an HTC Magic
> running Android) thought that the equator was about 30-40m away from where a
> 'military GPS' had supposedly measured it and where these equatorial tricks
> were being performed.  When I walked to where they thought the equator was,
> it run through the middle of a nearby road and car park.

Bing imagery, OSM data and google imagery all show the WGS84 equator a
little north of the museum, so your GPS is probably right.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=0&mlon=-78.45405&zoom=18

Cheers