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diff --git a/man/man1/cs2cs.1 b/man/man1/cs2cs.1 index 899c17af..016cc007 100644 --- a/man/man1/cs2cs.1 +++ b/man/man1/cs2cs.1 @@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ when both input and output are ASCII all trailing portions 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 |