added a new introduction to coordinate systems and conversions between them

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@@ -133,14 +133,17 @@ it seems) write it down by hand on one of the A5 cave info sheets with all the
other details of your cave and put that in the surveys ringbinder file. </p>
<p>If you want to read about the nitty gritty of converting GPS coordinates to
the ones used by the Kataster system, you can do no better than read Wookey's
<a href="../../years/1996/gps.htm">Compass Points Article</a>. Briefly, this
says "it's horribly complicated and we don't really know how to do it
properly". Things have improved a little since those days, particularly as
without the fog of the SA variation it's now easy to find out whether your GPS
is set up right by just GPSsing a known point and comparing the results.
However, the main point of having a GPS fix on an entrance is so we can find it
again and be sure it is the same one!</p>
the ones used by the Kataster system, you can do no better than read the
short introduction to <a href="coord.htm">coordinate systems</a>, which briefly
says "it's horribly complicated and we use computer programs to do it properly".
(A rather outdated first attempt at this can also be found in Wookey's
<a href="../../years/1996/gps.htm">Compass Points Article</a> from 1996, which
briefly says "it's horribly complicated and we don't really know how to do it
properly".) Overall things have significantly improved since the early days,
particularly as without the fog of the SA variation it's now easy to find out
whether your GPS is set up right by just GPSsing a known point and comparing
the results. However, the main point of having a GPS fix on an entrance is
so we can find it again and be sure it is the same one!</p>
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