Posting caches: degree button

[ssgeo83]

I've noticed a few people have used * for degrees in the description of their caches.

I would like to request a degree button for users who would like to post coordinates with the degree symbol in their description.

[+gnbrotz]

I've noticed a few people have used * for degrees in the description of their caches.

I would like to request a degree button for users who would like to post coordinates with the degree symbol in their description.

 

alt + 0176 will get you the degree symbol. °

[+Harry Dolphin]

I see all sorts of indiscriminate methods used. N40.56.723 always seemed strange to me. Me, I use º alt 0186, but I'm told that I'm wrong with that!

Not about to get out my whip and chain to insist that everyone use the proper symboloy. Oh, well. Live with it!

[Motorcycle_Mama]

Is the use of the asterisk causing a problem?

[+Cardinal Red]

Enter and save the coords when you create the cache page. On a subsequent edit, copy and paste the degree symbol from those coords into the description. But we all know what the * means. No problem.

[+alexrudd]

For one thing, you can't copy and paste coordinates with an asterisk directly into Google Earth. Mostly minor things like that.

[+Cache O'Plenty]

<ALT> 248 will also get you the degree symbol. like this "°"

[+Markwell]

Add them as "Additional Waypoints" instead, and the system adds it for you. Writing coordinates in the text is so 2006.

Edited March 15, 2008 by Markwell

[+StarBrand]

Add them as "Additional Waypoints" instead, and the system adds it for you. Writing coordinates in the text is so 2006.

[+PhxChem]

For one thing, you can't copy and paste coordinates with an asterisk directly into Google Earth. Mostly minor things like that.

 

Does Google Earth even need a degree symbol?

 

This format: N 33 34.6660 W 112 7.8880 seems to work for me

[+gnbrotz]

For one thing, you can't copy and paste coordinates with an asterisk directly into Google Earth. Mostly minor things like that.

 

Does Google Earth even need a degree symbol?

 

This format: N 33 34.6660 W 112 7.8880 seems to work for me

 

No, it doesn't. The point is that if an asterisk is used in place of the degree symbol, Google Earth doesn't recognize the coords. While not required, if the degree symbol is used, the functionality still works.

 

Bottom line: NO symbol is necessary, but substituting the asterisk for the proper symbol can create a problem.

[+DavidMac]

alt + 0176 will get you the degree symbol. °

 

It's option-0 (zero) on the Mac. I personally find that a little easier to remember than the Windows equivalent .

[+mtn-man]

Highlight a degree symbol. Right click and choose copy, or press CTRL+C. Go to where you want the degree symbol to be. Right click and choose paste, or CTRL+V. I've been doing that for years.

[+UncleJimbo]

alt + 0176 will get you the degree symbol. °

 

It's option-0 (zero) on the Mac. I personally find that a little easier to remember than the Windows equivalent .

Actually, on the Mac, Option+0 is not a degree symbol: º

To get the degree symbol, use Shift+Option+8: °

[+DavidMac]

Actually, on the Mac, Option+0 is not a degree symbol: º

To get the degree symbol, use Shift+Option+8: °

 

Well, you're right- I've been doing it wrong this whole time . And I never even thought there was a difference. Turns out that opt-0 gives you the "masculine ordinal indicator". Yeah, I had never heard of it either.

Edited March 17, 2008 by DavidMac

[+UncleJimbo]

Actually, on the Mac, Option+0 is not a degree symbol: º

To get the degree symbol, use Shift+Option+8: °

 

Well, you're right- I've been doing it wrong this whole time . And I never even thought there was a difference. Turns out that opt-0 gives you the "masculine ordinal indicator". Yeah, I had never heard of it either.

A lot of people seem to think Option+0 is the degree symbol. But I have been using Macs since 1984, and it has always been Option+Shift+8. Google Maps will not recognize the Option+0 symbol.