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In decimal degrees, 5 decimal places is accurate to within +-1 meter, 6 decimal places accurate down to cm. This pull request has it set to 5 decimal places, I'd recommend setting precision to 5-6 decimal places, beyond that and it implies an accuracy that does not likely exist.

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