User manual: gps coordinates are tied to location names

While it seems obvious that you need a named dive site in order to track
its coordinates, apparently people try to have no location name but
distinct coordinates which at this time we do not support.

See #440

Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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Dirk Hohndel 2014-02-22 08:53:45 -08:00
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@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ Southern hemisphere latitudes are given with a *S*, e.g. S30°, or with a
negative value, e.g. -30.22496. Similarly western longitudes are given with a negative value, e.g. -30.22496. Similarly western longitudes are given with a
*W*, e.g. W07°, or with a negative value, e.g. -7.34323. *W*, e.g. W07°, or with a negative value, e.g. -7.34323.
Please note that GPS coordinates of a dive site a linked to the Location
name - so adding coordinates to dives that don't have a location set will
caused unexpected behavior (as Subsurface will think that all of these
dives have the same location and try to keep their GPS coordinates the
same.
*Divemaster*: The name of the dive master or dive guide for this dive can be *Divemaster*: The name of the dive master or dive guide for this dive can be
entered here. entered here.