"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
news:Rg0bb.393287$cF.121073@rwcrnsc53...
First, I'm just passing along advice that I got from a Baron-operating
controller on the west coast. I have to assume that he knows the system
better than I do. Second, we are talking about filing direct, not via
airways. His argument, which I am not in a position to refute, is that
every
host computer in the National Airspace System can find a lat-long, while
that is not true of every radial-distance.


He's correct about that. Lat/longs always work for flight data purposes.
However, this really is a deep subject. When I get out of the throws of
this work week (which I'm right in the middle of) I'll try to post some of
my opinions and observations on this subject. I tend to be with you in the
lat/long camp myself, but with a host of preconditions which I will
hopefully be able to share in this thread in a couple of days.


Chip, ZTL