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tomoose · 11-08-08, 01:39 PM

I'm playing with the latest GWX which is great. I noted a slight drawback however.
I had turned for home after patrolling the SW end of the UK and received a Radio Message which indicated a distress message in the clear from a merchant stating it had hit a mine. The location was given in Lat and Long (i.e. 50.56N 04.47W). It was at this point that I noted that my map only has the U-boat grid system and is useless for locating a Lat and Long (huh??). I pulled down my shipping lane map and managed, despite the tiny and blurred lat/long numbers on this map, to get a general location for this merchant.

If High Command is going to send out messages with Lat/Long for possible targets it would be helpful if my sub had a chart with Lat/Long on it!!!

Perhaps I'm not totally familiar with GWX yet and there's a chart or info I'm missing.

Comments/advice are welcome.
thanks,

11-08-08, 01:39 PM	#1
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Latitude and longitude not availabel on chart I'm playing with the latest GWX which is great. I noted a slight drawback however. I had turned for home after patrolling the SW end of the UK and received a Radio Message which indicated a distress message in the clear from a merchant stating it had hit a mine. The location was given in Lat and Long (i.e. 50.56N 04.47W). It was at this point that I noted that my map only has the U-boat grid system and is useless for locating a Lat and Long (huh??). I pulled down my shipping lane map and managed, despite the tiny and blurred lat/long numbers on this map, to get a general location for this merchant. If High Command is going to send out messages with Lat/Long for possible targets it would be helpful if my sub had a chart with Lat/Long on it!!! Perhaps I'm not totally familiar with GWX yet and there's a chart or info I'm missing. Comments/advice are welcome. thanks,