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Default AIS Position Error?

Paul wrote:
Has anyone seen a ship position as reported by AIS being off by over one
nautical mile?

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Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Paul



This is really off the wall but is there a possibility that the datum
being used was that far off? Isn't the LAT/LON calculated for the chart
datum?
Jim