XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.c   
   mp.os.windows-11   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 12/18/2025 4:29 PM, Marian wrote:   
   > Marian wrote:   
   >>   BSSID: 8c:85:80:d1:be:37   
   >>   Latitude: 32.45985031   
   >>   Longitude: -93.81759643000001   
   >>     BSSID: 8e:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
   >>   Latitude: 32.4594841   
   >>   Longitude: -93.8175888   
   >>     BSSID: 92:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
   >>   Latitude: 32.4594841   
   >>   Longitude: -93.81756591   
   >>     BSSID: 92:95:51:b5:b6:ae   
   >>   Latitude: 32.45910644   
   >>   Longitude: -93.81759643000001   
   >   
   > Does anyone have any idea why the highly insecure Apple WPS database   
   > contains GPS entries to this illogically numerous set of decimal places?   
   >   
   > BSSID: 8c:85:80:d1:be:37   
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   > BSSID: 8e:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
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   >   
   > BSSID: 92:76:3f:f8:5d:cd   
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   > BSSID: 92:95:51:b5:b6:ae   
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   Well, check the NMEA messages and see what they contain.   
      
   First, you have to be aware of the conversion steps.   
      
      https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66978496/parsing-and-conv   
   rting-output-from-a-gps-dongle   
      
        import pynmea2   
      
        line = "$GPGLL,3745.81303,N,12214.62049,W,175033.00,A,D*7C"    # degrees   
   minutes fractions-of-a-minute   
        nmeaobj = pynmea2.parse(line)   
      
        coord = f'{nmeaobj.latitude} {nmeaobj.longitude}'   
        print(coord)   
        # 37.763551 -122.243675                                        # Degrees   
   fractions-of-a-degree   
      
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees#Precision   
      
   I just shifted the stuff over here, to see how many digits they give.   
   The GLL seems to give me eight digits. The GGA less so.   
      
   GLL   
      
   https://gocut.tiwri.com/gll_geographic_position___latitude_longitude.htm   
      
       $GPGLL,5943.432134,N,01020.998301,E,080920.91,A,A*6C       # degrees   
   minutes fractions-of-a-minute   
      
       Latitude in dd mm,mmmm format (0-7 decimal places).     59.43432134 as    
   59. 43.432134   
       Latitude N or S.   
       Longitude in ddd mm,mmmm format (0-7 decimal places).  010.20998301 as   
   010. 20.998301   
       Longitude E or W.   
      
   GGA   
      
   https://w3.cs.jmu.edu/bernstdh/web/common/help/nmea-sentences.php   
      
       $GPGGA,210230,3855.4487,N,09446.0071,W,1,07,1.1,370.5,M,-29.5,M,,*7A  #   
   degrees minutes fractions-of-a-minute   
      
       Latitude (in DDMM.MMM format)     38.554487 as   38. 55.4487   
       Latitude compass direction   
       Longitude (in DDDMM.MMM format)  094.460071 as  094. 46.0071   
       Longitude compass direction   
      
   We don't want to go into the minutiae to dismiss the crap on the end of   
   -93.81759643000001   
      
     Paul   
      
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