Coordinates

[+Blink Bonnie]

Received from friends in New Zealand coordintes of their property and was tying to convert them to find out where they live on a map, the coordinates are in "Transervers Market Projection Coordinates" or something like that.They read

 

--- ---- E

--- ---- N

 

Can anyone help with the conversion to Degrees,Minutes,Seconds.

 

Thanks

 

Blink Bonnie

[+Adrenalynn]

Received from friends in New Zealand coordintes of their property and was tying to convert them to find out where they live on a map, the coordinates are in "Transervers Market Projection Coordinates" or something like that.They read

 

--- ---- E

--- ---- N

 

Can anyone help with the conversion to Degrees,Minutes,Seconds.

 

Thanks

 

Blink Bonnie

 

Can you be a little more specific on the "something like that"?

 

Presumably, they're just decimal coords, with the space representing the decimal. If that's the case, yeah, I can do 'em in my head - and provide linkage to conversion sites... But I'd like to check and confirm first.

[+Markwell]

Part of my FAQ

 

Does that help?

[+57tbird]

Transervers Market Projection ?

 

I believe the poster is asking about "Transverse Mercator Projection" or

"Universal Transverse Mercator" (UTM). You can find a handy conversion

page at:

 

http://www.dmap.co.uk/ll2tm.htm

 

or

 

http://www.jeeep.com/details/coord/index.html

 

As an alternative, your GPSr can do the conversion for you. Go to coord preferences and choose UTM, then

add a waypoint using the coordinates you have. Be sure to choose the correct hemisphere when asked.

(New Zealand = Southern Hemisphere)

Then go back to preferences and select DMS, DD or whatever datum you prefer. The waypoint you entered in UTM

is now displayed in the format of your choosing.

 

For more information on UTM, see:

 

http://www.dmap.co.uk/utmworld.htm

Edited April 13, 2006 by 57tbird