Location display (Longitude and latitude)

Dusty321 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42

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?

Cheers all

JohnGray · Regular Visitor Joined: Nov 22, 2004 Posts: 76

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

Dusty321 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42

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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Dusty321 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42

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 Evil or Very Mad

Dusty321 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42

RobBrady · Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject:

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.
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Robert Brady

Dusty321 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42

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..

Nickwolf · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 01, 2005 Posts: 219

If you still need it here is the Steetmap link for that location

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=337158&Y=357701&A=Y&Z=1

Nick.

Dusty321 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 42

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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