Have you tried the Ctrl+D function to find exact Long/Lat positions?
In the sim pressing Ctrl+D once give you an overlay with info such as frames per second. Pressing Ctrl+D again gives you "Position": the exact longitude and latitude of your ship to the smallest increment like for example 06.485359,55.915672.
I've not had success placing ships using my own coordinates, nor been able to understand the logic of adding increments to space units accurately. Often ships show up nowhere near where I hope for them to be.
I have had success placing ships by starting with a Destroyer on the map for the mission I'm writing and driving my ship to each position I want to place a unit and then recording the exact Long/Lat (with Ctrl+D) to obtain the coordinates to be written in the mission file.
While doing this I also place map notes to layout the planned formations for the mission.
Tim
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