Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
I don't get how my Garmins report position as "X degrees, Y.YYY minutes."

Why not either "degrees, minutes, seconds" or "X.XXXX degrees"?
That's why I leave my "Varmint" set to UTM grids. At least then it measures in meters, which are a constant length, rather than a degree (which gets bigger as you get closer to the equator).

When I lived in Germany several years ago, I got used to doing everything in meters, liters, and kilograms, but it was still nice to be able to stroll into the little local grocery store and ask for "ein halb Pfunde" of something, and the lady behind the counter still knew just what I was talking about. ;-)

Tom