Re: DBUG> Bearings

[John Cluver <cluver@dolphin.upenn.edu>]

> >Okay folks what setting have I overlooked?  I am trying to input survey =
> >data:  Ang Typ set to bearings, input set to polar coordinates.  Click =
> >on point, space bar, input distance (70.95'), input bearing N10.41.50E.  =
> >Line is drawn.  Measure, Identify or dimension line and it measures =
> >77.11' ?????????  Why?  & better yet how can I input the data right to =
> >close the box???
> 
> Change the scale to Decimal.

Well done.  I was puzzling over this one, and forgot that in feets 
and inches an input of 70.95 is 70 feet, 95 inches, better known as 
77 feet, 11 inches.

John Cluver
cluver@dolphin.upenn.edu
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