+Woody's Wanderers Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Final one, then I'll leave you in peace! Is there anywhere that I can convert decimal lat & long to WGS84 (e.g. 51.356736 to 51 degrees 21.404)? Also can grid references be converted to WGS84 as well? Thank you kindly! Quote
+purple_pineapple Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 I've recently discovered that a fairly quick way to do this is on the GPS itself. If you change format (read the manual on how) then you can have them all displayed in whatever format you like! Its not the easiest, but not far off! Quote
+adambro Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 I would suggest Jeeep.com for converting coords. I don't really work with grid references but Streetmap will give you them and other formats. Quote
+Hillhappy1 Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 I find Waypoint Workbench great for converting Decimal, Grid Reference etc. You can download it from the link above. Quote
alistair_uk Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Mathematically round the value to get degrees and multiple the remainder by 60 to get the number of minutes. Repeat with the minutes value to get the number of seconds. Quote
alistair_uk Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 ..and I almost forgot to mention that WGS84 refers to the datum and not the way the location it is written. The mathematics to covert a datum is a little more complex*. * This is a significant understatement. Quote
+The Bongtwashes Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Mathematically round the value to get degrees and multiple the remainder by 60 to get the number of minutes. Repeat with the minutes value to get the number of seconds. As alistair_uk says for converting decimal degrees to degrees-minutes-seconds. To convert from degrees etc. to OSGB / BNG, or vice versa, I use my GPSr, or nearby Quote
+Woody's Wanderers Posted February 28, 2006 Author Posted February 28, 2006 I find Waypoint Workbench great for converting Decimal, Grid Reference etc. You can download it from the link above. Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Thank you. Quote
+Hillhappy1 Posted February 28, 2006 Posted February 28, 2006 I find Waypoint Workbench great for converting Decimal, Grid Reference etc. You can download it from the link above. Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Thank you. You're Welcome Quote
+Chris n Maria Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I find Waypoint Workbench great for converting Decimal, Grid Reference etc. You can download it from the link above. Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Thank you. You're Welcome Glad Waypoint Workbench is of use. BTW this site is now the location for WW - sorry for any inconvenience we had to move sites in a hurry Quote
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