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[Vipers]

Hi one and all,

I am trying to input a coordinate into google maps and failed, how would you input this into google maps.



I have tried 57.052290, -2.1396759 but doesn’t want to work

This is where it goes to.

Edited by Vipers on Saturday 2nd July 22:14

[Bobtherallyfan]

Works for me when I enter it into the Google maps search box

[MikeGTi]

Seems to be the correct conversion from the decimal.

Checked via this - https://www.latlong.net/lat-long-dms.html

[samoht]

"A degree (∘) is made of 60 minutes (′), and a minute is made of 60 seconds (′′)"

So the decimal .05 (1/20th of a degree) becomes 3 minutes (3/60 = 1/20), and so on.

Degrees/Minutes/Seconds is the same as Hours/Minutes/Seconds, if it helps remembering.


https://www.nagwa.com/en/explainers/960124791407/

[r3g]

Working fine here when I copy and paste it in. Pinning me to Berrymuir Rd, about half way between Easter Cl and Dr.

[Bill]

It's just removed the 0 from the latitude and rounded the longitude to 6 decimal places.

A degree latitude is 69 miles (each minute being 1.15 miles or 1 nautical mile), but a degree longitude varies being 69 miles at the equator and 0 at the poles. At 57°N it's 37 miles or 60km.

So, I reckon your 0.0000001 rounding error is 6mm on the ground!

[Spare tyre]

Bus stop on beerymuir road

Classic dogging hotspot

[Vipers]

Spare tyre said:

Bus stop on beerymuir road

Classic dogging hotspot

Thank you all for your assistance, I did wonder who was behind those steamed up car windows

[Vipers]

Well,…… I put in 53.46820, -2.32780 which is shown in brackets but it didnt go there, just thought I had it sorted, any ideas?

[samoht]

Vipers said:

Well,…… I put in 53.46820, -2.32780 which is shown in brackets but it didnt go there, just thought I had it sorted, any ideas?

That has worked correctly and has taken you to 53.46820, -2.32780 as requested (shown in the lighter grey text underneath also).

53.46820 is 53 degrees, 28 minutes, 5.5 seconds North, and -2.32780 is 2 degrees, 22 minutes, 40.8 seconds West, the location it's showing. They're just two different ways of writing the same thing. Read the links that have already been posted on this thread for an explanation of how it works.

[Vipers]

samoht said:

That has worked correctly and has taken you to 53.46820, -2.32780 as requested (shown in the lighter grey text underneath also).

53.46820 is 53 degrees, 28 minutes, 5.5 seconds North, and -2.32780 is 2 degrees, 22 minutes, 40.8 seconds West, the location it's showing. They're just two different ways of writing the same thing. Read the links that have already been posted on this thread for an explanation of how it works.

Ah! Making sense, will have another stab later, thanks.

[littleredrooster]

Vipers said:

Well,…… I put in 53.46820, -2.32780 which is shown in brackets but it didnt go there, just thought I had it sorted, any ideas?

I don't think you did - look carefully at the numbers, you seem to have missed a 2 out.

[Vipers]

littleredrooster said:

Vipers said:

Well,…… I put in 53.46820, -2.32780 which is shown in brackets but it didnt go there, just thought I had it sorted, any ideas?

I don't think you did - look carefully at the numbers, you seem to have missed a 2 out.

Doh! My head hurts, thank you for that, much appreciated.