What are BAMs?

BAMs stands for Binary Angular Measurements; it has no relation to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) UAV. A BAM is an unsigned short data type which can store a value between 0 and 65,535. BAMs are used to represent an angular measure; there are 65,535 BAMs per 360°. An angle provided in BAMs can be converted to degrees by the following relationship:

Angle (Degrees) = (360 / 65,535) * Angle (BAMs)