Talk:Heathfield railway station (East Sussex)

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Coordinate error[edit]

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The following coordinate fixes are needed for Heathfield (Sussex) railway station. The marker should be at 50°58'10.70"N 0°15'0.08"E but its a few hundred feet too far west. —76.105.145.143 (talk) 01:51, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. It depends on what part of the station one is talking about. Your coordinates are those of the booking building; the ones in the article are those of the sheltered station platforms. I don't see a compelling reason to change the coordinates in this case. Deor (talk) 09:26, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See also WP:OPCOORD - coordinates with the seconds given to two places of decimals implies an accuracy of one foot. For an establishment that is typically no less than 150 feet long (the length of two carriages plus a little bit) and no less than twenty feet wide (one track and one platform) an accuracy of one foot is far too precise.

Until 1 September 2012 the coords were given as 50°58′12″N 0°14′58″E / 50.97000°N 0.24944°E. Since 1 September 2012 they have been 50°58′09″N 0°15′01″E / 50.9693°N 0.2504°E - a shift of three seconds to the south, and three to the east, which works out at roughly 130 metres to the south-east. If we take the suggested position, and round to the nearest whole second, that gives 50°58′11″N 0°15′0″E / 50.96972°N 0.25000°E - a further shift of two seconds north, one second west, which works out at roughly 69 metres to the north-northwest. 69 metres is about the length of a 3-coach train. --Redrose64 (talk) 12:01, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]