[GeoStL] Re: Coordinates

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Rich you speaking from experience here :) .....believe
you me I ALWAYS check the map now, after placing a
couple and finding out I had transposed a couple of
numbers in the coordinates when I entered them on the
page. Very embarassing to find that your coords are
over 1/2 mile off.
Looking forward to finding your new one Bernie 

Dan 

--- GC-RGS <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
> Bernie,
> 
> I never noticed the way the display on the "Report a
> new cache page".
> 
> What you're seeing is the same format, Degrees (DDD)
> minutes and decimal
> minutes (MM.MM). Some older GPS receivers only
> display 2 decimal places
> while all the newer ones display 3 or more.
> (MM.MMM). Geocaching.com
> (GC.com) will let you put in up to 4 decimal places
> if your GPS supports
> that, but normally you'll see 3.
> 
> Also make sure that you have the GPS set to WGS84
> map datum since that's the
> standard on GC.com. After you create the cache page,
> check the map that's
> created on the cache page and double click it to
> bring up another map which
> will let you zoom in and verify the coordinates are
> where you think they
> should be.
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernie" <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:08 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Coordinates
> 
> 
> > -
> >   Glenn, I need some help with coordinates. I'm
> getting ready to hide my
> > first cache. On the individual cache pages in
> geocaching.com, the
> > coordinates are given like N 38 35.349 and my GPS
> shows them in the same
> > format. BUT on the online report that I have to
> fill out, they want the
> > coordinates listed like this:N HDDD MM.MM. The
> thing that worries me is
> that
> > if I enter anything on that form other than what
> my GPS says, I might get
> it
> > wrong.  Thanks Bernie
> >
> >
> >
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