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
+----------------+-------------+ | Decimals | Precision | +----------------+-------------+ | 5 | 1m | | 4 | 11m | | 3 | 111m | +----------------+-------------+
If you want 50ft (15m) precision go for 4 digits. So decimal(9,6)
decimal(9,6)