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curlydog Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 01, 2005 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:50 am Post subject: Format Of Longitude & Latitude |
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I'm currently trying to get the safety camera database working on a Sony Ericson P910 smartphone with a GPS programme called GPS Navigator.
I've adapted that database so that my fields are in the right order and imported the data in to the program. It works of a fashion. I get the cameras displayed, but everytime I drive past a camera it doesn't quite equate to my current indicated position. Basically all of the cameras seem to be somewhere offset from where I would expect.
The software I'm using has the option to use longitudes and latitudes in three different format, these being;
hddd,ddddd0
hddd0 mm,mmm'
hddd0 mm'ss,s"
I'm wondering if I'm using the wrong format, which explains why all the cameras are offset from where I would expect. Can anyone explain which format I should be using with the database, or explain what the formats are.
Thanks
Curlydog |
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Tim Buxton Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 14/09/2002 20:56:18 Posts: 5231 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 11:26 am Post subject: |
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The format of the database is hddd,ddddd, which is known as decimal degrees. Anything with a "-" in front of it is either South of the equator or West of Greenwich. _________________ Tim |
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curlydog Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 01, 2005 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that Tim.
I'll give it ago and see if it helps |
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Oldie Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 22/11/2002 13:33:48 Posts: 992 Location: Surrey, UK
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: Format Of Longitude & Latitude |
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curlydog wrote: | ... The software I'm using has the option to use longitudes and latitudes in three different format, these being;
hddd,ddddd0
hddd0 mm,mmm'
hddd0 mm'ss,s"
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Thanks
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Possibly the h in the above is one of N or S for the Latitude and E or W for the Longitude.
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