[GeoStL] Re: Question about coordinates on Google Earth
- From: "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:17:42 -0500
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Thanks Rich. That's easy enough. I had looked at that setup screen and just
wasn't sure if that was the same as google so I didn't know if it would work
or not.
Gale
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From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:08 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Question about coordinates on Google Earth
> -
> Gale,
>
> Just go into the setup screen on your GPS and select "hddd mm ss.s" This
> is
> the format from Google but it only goes to 1 decimal place, so you'll need
> to round the last digit. so 38 24 09.6 and 91 01 09.6 would be what you
> input into the GPS. Then you can just switch the GPS back to ddd. mm.mmm
> and
> it will automatically convert to that format, (or any other format you
> want.)
>
> Rich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:00 PM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Question about coordinates on Google Earth
>
>
>> -
>> I can read a map and use a GPS but when it comes to all the different
>> formats for coordinates, I'm lost. When looking at Google Earth, the
>> coordinates that show up at the bottom of the map indicating where the
>> cursor is located shows up like this: 38 24' 09.64"N 91 01'09.57"W
>> Using the GPS that same spot would be: N38 24.160 W091 01.159
>> My question is, what would be the easiest way to take the coordinates
>> from
>> a spot on the map when using Google Earth and convert it into the
>> coordinates we use in our GPS?
>> What I'm wanting to do is find a spot on Google Earth, place my cursor
>> there and get the coordinates, then convert them to the format the GPS
>> uses, put them in my GPS and be able to find that spot in the real world.
>> I'd appreciate any help you guys can offer. Thanks.
>> Gale
>>
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