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Dusty321 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject: Location display (Longitude and latitude) |
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Wouldn't mind helping out with some active mobile "Safety Camera" locations in North Wales, so far there are 15 sites that are not on the PocketGPS database and one SIS that alerts as a camera (it isnt) Question is.... is there any 3rd party software I could load onto my i3 to show my location at these sites?
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JohnGray Regular Visitor
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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There are two ways that I know of, provided you can be certain of the location of the camera on a map on your computer:
a) pinpoint the position using Google Earth, but note that you will have to convert from minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second into decimal degrees, and reverse the lat/lon values for the i3
b) pointpoint the position using StreetMap, click on the exact location of the camera so the orange arrow points exactly at it, then go down to the bottom of the page where it says "Click here to convert/measure coordinates", and the page which comes up has the Long/Lat coordinates of the tip of the arrow. You probably want them to five decimal places.
John |
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Dusty321 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Phew, sod that for a games of cards! Ill dig out my trusty GPX Navigator pretty sure that has a L&L function on it!
Gonna be all over the shop on Sunday logging new camera van points... Yeah baby! :D |
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Ash10 Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:48 am Post subject: |
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JohnGray wrote: | a) pinpoint the position using Google Earth, but note that you will have to convert from minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second into decimal degrees |
Not necessary - GE has an option for specifying decimal/sexadecimal notation 8) |
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JohnGray Regular Visitor
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Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | GE has an option for specifying decimal/sexadecimal notation | Thank you -- you just have to know it's there!
John |
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Dusty321 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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Can any of you guys do a search for W2 56 25 N 53 06 46 and post what you find. Think my GPX might be on the blink, I cant find this position anywhere |
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Dusty321 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Dusty321 wrote: | Can any of you guys do a search for W2 56 25 N 53 06 46 and post what you find. Think my GPX might be on the blink, I cant find this position anywhere |
Looks like its all gone Pete Tong! So much for giving a camera update :x 8O |
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RobBrady Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 21, 2004 Posts: 2718 Location: Chelmsford, UK
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Mark,
Have you tried using Google Maps yet?
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Cameras
Double click to zoom in and centre. Position the exact location of the camera at the centre of the screen (shown by the crosshairs) and press 'Update Co-ordinates. _________________ Robert Brady |
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Dusty321 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Well ill be a monkey's uncle, had no joy yesterday with Google maps.... kept showing me co-ordinates that were out in the north sea when they should have been in or around Wrexham. Anyway its working now and they all seem to be showing the correct location of all mobile units in my local area :D
Best whazz them over too you guys now, when the database is updated ill double check to make sure!
Cheers Rob.. |
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Nickwolf Regular Visitor
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Dusty321 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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Spot on Nick the Darland School mobile unit!
Must have been internet gremlins or something because GM's was telling me that location was in the US somewhere 8O
Anyway Ive submitted all my local camera locations, lets hope its helps someone out! |
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