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OrangeJuice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 19

I have some full coordinates of some cams that arn't on the database, but I don't know how to enter them e.g. 52degrees 47.785...

any advice welcome, I dont want to scroll around the map trying to find the location as I have about 5 cams.

Cheers

mhvideos · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject:

I have just tried this experiment which worked

In the Find Location box above the map type your coords seperated by a space e,g 52.471 1.0069

The map will then display them zoomed in If you drag the map to the exact location and press the update button this will work

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject:

Please check the format your device is set to use though as you might be using D.M.M where as the site camera submissions map requires D.D (Decmal Degrees), this can make a substantial difference in terms of accuracy - Mike

OrangeJuice · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 30, 2007 Posts: 19

yeah but the references are like N: 52(o)51.123 W: 000(o)45.123

(with different numbers obviously)

with the (o) being the little degree circle.. do I just leave the number at the front out then?

Cheers

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

That format is how Degrees, minutes, seconds is normally written.

There are lots of different ways:
DDD.DDDDD°
or DDD° MM.MMM'
or DDD° MM' SS.S" for example.

The Map on the submission page needs DDD.DDDDD°

As Mike says, you can often change the options on your satnav to display the co-ords in different ways (you certainly can on the TomTom range).

mikealder · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject:

You cannot leave the number out but it would appear your values are indeed D.M.M format and they need to be in D.D format to work with the map there is a useful tool set for coordinate management which can be found Here I have entered the values you gave in the correct format for the page to accept - Mike

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