Lat/Long Numbers

[fowlercharles]

Is there any aerial web site that is known to be most/more accurate when it comes to showing Lat/Lon Numbers? I have tried several times using my Garmen Geko101 to use the Numbers off Terra Client, and they never agree when applied.I am dumb as a stump concerning these things and have read of there being some problems, and was wondering what the remedy , if any, may be. Thanks.

 

[Andrew Kalinowski]

Google Earth is IMHO the best of the free ones.
Whichever site, you have to make sure that the format of the co-ordinates you enter is set properly = it is the same set in your receiver as given by the site.
Google Earth is using (by default) Degrees Minutes. Seconds.Decimal Seconds so, in your receiver, you have to set format to HHHMMSS.SSS or something like that.
HTH

 

[fowlercharles]

Thanks Andrew, I will give it a go. I also need to spend some time learning more about what I am trying to do with this thing.I done got old and was already pretty slow.

 

[3puttbob]

We don't slow down....everybody else is in too much of a hurry.
I too am blonde dumb when it comes to coordinates. I saw some GeoCash coords that are just N 34 30.221 W 118 13.975. How do I translate to the standard I know of as dd:mm:ss.s ?
Bob

 

[Andrew Kalinowski]

N 34 30.221 = 34 degrees 30 minutes and 0.221 of a minute so, multiply the 0.221 by 60 and you will have the seconds

 

[3puttbob]

Oh yeah. Duh. Thanks Andrew for shaking up my brain.
Bob