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Strange airport GPS coordinates plates

Too much indications. Strange airport GPS coordinates plates. Aerospace

… or when bureaucracy or regulation takes over common sense in the airport?

Gps coordinates. Strange airport gps coordinates plates. Aerospace

These latitude/longitude coordinates plates, all the same, are all printed repeatedly, 3 to 5 meters away from each other. In one blink of an eye, this is what you see:

One may think that indicating more frequently is more convenient than less because you see one plate faster, no?

… well … that is very arguable: it can be confusing (“Why different plates? Are they all the same? Should I read all to decide? …”)

Really helpful, just bureaucracy or regulation?

As a reminder (the only technical part in this blog)

XX° xx,xy‘  one unit variation of y = 2nd decimal place of minutes = 1.1km !!!

… so likely all the airport building has exactly the same plates over and over (lower printing cost because of volumes? ;)

So in fact, precision is just enough to tell to the pilot “look at your map, you are indeed this this airport”.

Could a real pro pilot confirm or explain in the comments bellow?

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    Topics covered: GPS coordinates, latitude, longitude, airport signage, navigation, bureaucracy, regulation, confusion, precision, pilot communication, standardization, wayfinding, ICAO, IATA, ISO 6709, WGS 84, and FAA Advisory Circular..

    1. Joy Mccoy

      Just curious, but arent these strange GPS coordinates just standard aviation regulation? Or is this something more?

    2. Donovan Deleon

      These GPS plates, bureaucracy or not, sure they arent hiding some secret government UFO landing sites? Just saying…

    3. Alden

      Interesting topic! But are these GPS plates truly helpful or just another layer of unnecessary airport red tape? Lets discuss!

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