In game GPS

[Ankhenaten 111]

I blame the parents

I blame the "Sound of Music" and the Trapp family that they don't share the blame :D

[tbotus 4]

Most Americans I've met are people who think they're the best, think that Europe is a poor <<country>>, think they were basically first with everything, such as going to space, that they won the Vietnam war and what not more. There are some exceptions, like you. You're one of the few who doesn't make your civilization look like kids (On the internet), have my beans! :D

Europe has fat stupid people too.

However, America is the best so we have way more.

[jordy@sigux.com 44]

Europe has fat stupid people too.

However, America is the best so we have way more.

What? I don't know if this is supposed to be sarcasm, but the way I translate your post you are a prime example of what I was talking about.

[Ankhenaten 111]

A modern GPS will convert between units and coordinates depending on your position and settings.

And if you phoned the RAC, Green Flag or AA until recently, they weren't interested in coordinates.

Anyway was interesting that the British have it the other way around. Personally I don't care as long as I know.

Edited August 6, 2012 by Ankhenaten

[tbotus 4]

What? I don't know if this is supposed to be sarcasm, but the way I translate your post you are a prime example of what I was talking about.

Satire. But yes, sarcasm.

[Haliber 15]

However - if you play with ALL AMERICAN HEROES. Surely you can read the co-ordinates wrong together and still be in the same place?

[Alex87 (DayZ) 0]

Must have been Zombies. As I've never played on servers with nametags (and I'm guessing you only get it there) I can't say for sure, but I've read here on the forums that Z's are tagged as "Man".

ok cheers for the reply.

[Teiwaz 45]

Most Americans I've met are people who think they're the best, think that Europe is a poor <<country>>, think they were basically first with everything, such as going to space, that they won the Vietnam war and what not more. There are some exceptions, like you. You're one of the few who doesn't make your civilization look like kids (On the internet), have my beans! :D

That's exactly the thing I tried to point out. Seems that the words I chose make my a bigot. Fine, whatever.

[Neneu 3]

And if you phoned the RAC, Green Flag or AA until recently, they weren't interested in coordinates.

Anyway was interesting that the British have it the other way around. Personally I don't care as long as I know.

Actully, most of the rest of the world have it the other way around. I do however find the way you do length, dato, and temperature more fun though:

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1126/42339910150634087077254.jpg

[Jex =TE= (DayZ) 218]

Map grid coordinates are universal, along the corridor and up the stairs (Funny that's how I was taught it as well). GPS coordinates may differ however but how do u transpose that in game without causing confusion? Maybe they kept it simple, maybe there's differing models and ways GPS give coordinates. The US army, British Army (and i would suggest a great many more do) use map coords of along then up.

Now as for who's the biggest asshole its most of you out there. You don't need to belong to a nation to be a collosal prick...you just have to be a prick.

[larrylongbottom 106]

Map grid coordinates are universal, along the corridor and up the stairs (Funny that's how I was taught it as well). GPS coordinates may differ however but how do u transpose that in game without causing confusion? Maybe they kept it simple, maybe there's differing models and ways GPS give coordinates. The US army, British Army (and i would suggest a great many more do) use map coords of along then up.

Now as for who's the biggest asshole its most of you out there. You don't need to belong to a nation to be a collosal prick...you just have to be a prick.

^^^^^

best post in this thread

[jordy@sigux.com 44]

Actully, most of the rest of the world have it the other way around. I do however find the way you do length, dato, and temperature more fun though:

http://img59.imagesh...34087077254.jpg

You sir made my day.

[MrBrown (DayZ) 26]

Actully, most of the rest of the world have it the other way around. I do however find the way you do length, dato, and temperature more fun though:

http://img59.imagesh...34087077254.jpg

LOL, epic, gotta bookmark this for similar discussions :P

[Timmymachine109 (DayZ) 235]

Yes well I'm a fucking Ex British Royal Marine okay,. I disagree with fucking NASA.

40 Commando and every other Nato fighting force go along the corridor then up the stairs. don't like it? tough.

*Edit

read this and just hush yourself

http://en.wikipedia..../Grid_reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_grid_reference_system

maps are set to British standards with regards to grid refs.

Also Ex British Army, not quite so front line though, and it is defo along and then up! Pretty sure this is universal in all military forces.

Edited August 6, 2012 by Timmymachine109

[Teiwaz 45]

LOL, epic, gotta bookmark this for similar discussions :P

Sure is, but why hell the fuck do the Brits have to measure liquids in litres and milk (I think it is milk) in gallons (or whatever it is)?! That still doesn't make any sense to me :D

[The_Albatros 72]

You always read Coordinates X, Y

So Latitude, then Longitude.

pic related

You would read the GPS as 021,030

I'm pretty sure it's X,Y order when open over the map as well.

Edited August 6, 2012 by The_Albatros

[Gustav Mahler 40]

American chiming in here, our military does in fact use a grid system. And it is in fact oriented by horizontal coordinate first, vertical coordinate second. Of course anyone who's passed a basic algebra class (excludes 75% of the population) would know this.

[Teiwaz 45]

American chiming in here, our military does in fact use a grid system. And it is in fact oriented by horizontal coordinate first, vertical coordinate second. Of course anyone who's passed a basic algebra class (excludes 75% of the population) would know this.

This post demands some beans! :D

[orion 54]

I knew I would get a chuckle out of this thread when I came home from work :) Thanks again to Blindingsun for correcting my assumption about the grid coordinates being Lat/Long Vs. Easterly/Northerly.

[SubEclipse 22]

Wait a minute... this whole time I've been sitting here using my sextant. You're saying there are maps and GPS in this game? No one tells me anything!

[Jex =TE= (DayZ) 218]

Sure is, but why hell the fuck do the Brits have to measure liquids in litres and milk (I think it is milk) in gallons (or whatever it is)?! That still doesn't make any sense to me :D

Wait a sec we Brits use the same measuring as the Yanks and I thought most of Europe used Fahrenheit (we use Celsius). We used to have pints, now litres and no doubt we'll lose miles at some point. It does make a country dumber if u make their maths easier though ;)

[taylor422 1]

You can thank us for the internet, too.

Edited August 10, 2012 by Overlordd

[Teiwaz 45]

Wait a sec we Brits use the same measuring as the Yanks and I thought most of Europe used Fahrenheit (we use Celsius). We used to have pints, now litres and no doubt we'll lose miles at some point. It does make a country dumber if u make their maths easier though ;)

As logn as you're still driving on the wrong side (left side) you'll remain just weirdos ;)

[martin_sonderegger@bluewin.ch 141]

Monkeys fight by flinging poo at each other.

Men fight by insulting geographic locations they were born at by chance.

Clearly we are the peak of evolution.

[Drblodski 53]

As logn as you're still driving on the wrong side (left side) you'll remain just weirdos ;)

Yeah but we were driving on roads for already over 2,000 years before Columbus was born...

Monkeys fight by flinging poo at each other.

Men fight by insulting geographic locations they were born at by chance.

Clearly we are the peak of evolution.

As a monkey I find this rather offensive. We phased out poo flinging for offensive hand signals long ago.