User:762x51mm/GPS

as requested by SEi (http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Towns_and_Cities) For the http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=GPS article

WIP

GPS display


The GPS provides informations about the actual location of a player. Those informations are :


 * Heading
 * Altitude
 * Position on the map

Heading
The direction the player is facing is called the heading. It is the orientation of the player on the map. The unit is in degrees.

In the example picture, the player is facing 3 degrees south of the East axis.

Altitude
The current altitude of the player. The unit is in meters above see level. In the example picture, the player is 107 meters above see level.

Position on the map
The current position on the map of the player. This information is given in a 6 digits forms : XXXYYY where XXX is the longitude and YYY is the longitude.

The XXX and YYY coordinates are relative to the Chernarus map area. This area is a 15km wide square (225km²).

WIP : talk about the scale : 100m = 1 unit

In the example picture, the player is in 021015 (XXX=021 and YYY=015) wich means he is in the North-West corner of the map (near Skalka peak).

--762x51mm 07:36, 11 June 2012 (MDT) --762x51mm 07:36, 11 June 2012 (MDT)