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GPS systems "translation"
Ramaprem
112 Points
I need to get to a location in the forest, the "co-ordinates" of which are given on a Web site. I've found this location in Google Earth. But, clearly, the systems used are different. And my TomTom and Garmin use another system.
Is there a way to "translate" either one of the two above co-ordinates to the system used by our devices?
Web site: N 47.58.13 / E 008.43.38
Google: N 47.58.13.aa / E 008.43.38.bb
(I'm using aa and bb because there is simply no way to be precise, in this instance. I cannot tell exactly where the person "was standing" when the location was marked.)
But - as I'm sure that you know - the devices seem to use another system. They need numbers of this form:
(x)xx.xx.xxx
Can I get from one to another?
Thanks.
Is there a way to "translate" either one of the two above co-ordinates to the system used by our devices?
Web site: N 47.58.13 / E 008.43.38
Google: N 47.58.13.aa / E 008.43.38.bb
(I'm using aa and bb because there is simply no way to be precise, in this instance. I cannot tell exactly where the person "was standing" when the location was marked.)
But - as I'm sure that you know - the devices seem to use another system. They need numbers of this form:
(x)xx.xx.xxx
Can I get from one to another?
Thanks.
Comments
If you give two points, click on Dist. before See it on a map. Note the dropdowns for hemispheres, the defaults are set for Northern & Western.
http://home.comcast.net/~wporter211/realsite/gps2.htm
By way of putting a bit of energy myself into this issue, I found that the easiest thing to do was to change the preference in Google Earth.
The on-screen co-ordinates system is simply a preference, which can be changed to show the format needed for the devices.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. What I'm not wrong about is how Google refers to this system: (x)xx.xx.xxx
It calls this Degrees, Decimal Minutes - and it certainly is what my nuvi accepts as input. At least, as default.
When I use the "Where Am I" function on my nuvi (and TomTom, also), it provides me with co-ordinates in the Degrees, Decimal Minutes system:
(x)xx.xx.xxx
"Decimal Degrees" is another system - that's for sure.
One can choose the input/output co-ordinate system.
My eTrex uses, also, the system which Google calls Degrees, Decimal Minutes. It results in 3 series of digits; the other gives only 2 series of digits.