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Geographic co-ordinates are too precise and do not appear to be verified by sources

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The geographic co-ordinates in this article appear to be far too precise. The sources say near Carmargo, but not exactly how near. Fourteen decimal digits seems awfully precise compared to my GPS, which displays 5 decimal digits and most mapping systems which display 6 decimal digits, to give an resolution of about 1 metre. At 14 decimal digits, which hair on which body is being split? Such accuracy also suggests original research. What sort of instruments were used tp produce this measurement? Even if one pinpointed the crime scene, two vehicles parked side by side could only be located to about a 5 to 10 metre circle, which requires some degree of imprecision or uncertainty with a location, so rounding to 5 or 6 digits should be close enough. In some respects being less precise is actually being more accurate. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 10:02, 25 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]