Sugar Land Yak Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 These are my GPS readings N32 50'.736, and this is what I found on Google Earth 32°50'45.09"N, why the difference? Quote
+Knight2000 Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 These are my GPS readings N32 50'.736, and this is what I found on Google Earth 32°50'45.09"N, why the difference? Just different ways of writing the same info. Example: 9:45 is the same as quarter to ten. Quote
+TrailGators Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 (edited) These are my GPS readings N32 50'.736, and this is what I found on Google Earth 32°50'45.09"N, why the difference? Your GPS is reading in degrees, minutes and fractional minutes. Google Earth is using degrees, minutes and seconds. There are several other ways of providing coordinates as well. Edited July 10, 2007 by TrailGators Quote
+Knight2000 Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 I cant really find a better site, but this shows different ways of writing the same information. http://home.online.no/~sigurdhu/Deg_formats.htm Quote
+imajeep Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Go to GE options--it has a couple of different formats you can set. Quote
+StarBrand Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Same spot different ways of writing it. Your GPS smoothly translates between them once entered. Quote
+Nachtraaf Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 When you are logged on to gc.com and visit a detail page of a cache you find a link at the right of the coordinates to other formats. Those mean always the same. Greetings, Hans Quote
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