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authorFrank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>2014-09-13 21:45:21 +0000
committerFrank Warmerdam <warmerdam@pobox.com>2014-09-13 21:45:21 +0000
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add hint about -f %.12f format (#10)
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of the input line are appended to the output line.
.PP
Input geographic data
-(longitude and latitude) must be in DMS format and input
+(longitude and latitude) must be in DMS or decimal degrees format and input
cartesian data must be in units consistent with the ellipsoid
major axis or sphere radius units.
-Output geographic coordinates will be in DMS
-(if the
-.B \-w
-switch is not employed) and precise to 0.001"
-with trailing, zero-valued minute-second fields deleted.
+Output geographic coordinates will normally be in DMS format (use
+.B \-f %.12f
+for decimal degrees with 12 decimal places), while
+projected (cartesian) coordinates will be in linear (meter, feet) units.
+
.SH EXAMPLE
The following script
.RS 5