Practice question
Why must a coastal navigator check the horizontal geodetic datum note on older Chilean paper charts (such as SAD-69 / Sudamericano 1969) before plotting coordinates obtained from a standard WGS-84 GPS receiver?
- Different geodetic datums define Earth's reference ellipsoid differently, which can cause positional discrepancies of hundreds of meters if coordinates are plotted without applying the chart's datum shift correction
- Older charts are printed in miles per hour instead of knots
- GPS signals are completely blocked by charts drawn on the SAD-69 datum
- SAD-69 charts use magnetic bearings instead of true bearings for all coordinate grids
Answer: A — Different geodetic datums define Earth's reference ellipsoid differently, which can cause positional discrepancies of hundreds of meters if coordinates are plotted without applying the chart's datum shift correction
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