I was reading this question here:
What datatype to use when storing latitude and longitude data in SQL databases?
And it seems the general consensus is that
Accuracy versus decimal places at the equator
decimal degrees distance
places
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0 1.0 111 km
1 0.1 11.1 km
2 0.01 1.11 km
3 0.001 111 m
4 0.0001 11.1 m
5 0.00001 1.11 m
6 0.000001 0.111 m
7 0.0000001 1.11 cm
8 0.00000001 1.11 mm
ref : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees#Precision