Las coordenadas no están correctas

[maryjisa]

Hola,acabo de crear un geo y me lo an validado... Pero las coordenadas que mi brújula dicen no son las que corresponden... Quiero decir que... Puse las coordenadas que la brújula me indica y manda la ubicación 8 calles más lejos del lugar donde está el geocaching.... He probado con varias brújulas...y siguen saliendo las mismas coordenadas... Me podríais ayudar? No sé dónde está el fallo.gracias.

[+Max and 99]

Are you using the same coordinate format?

[+IceColdUK]

Have you followed the suggestions here:

 

https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=128&pgid=673

 

My guess is that the coordinates you’re using are in the wrong format - most likely, you’ve used Degrees, minutes and seconds (DD MM SS) instead of Degrees and decimal minutes (DD MM.MMM).

 

This tool will allow you to convert formats easily, and to confirm the location on the map:

 

https://www.geocachingtoolbox.com/index.php?lang=en&page=coordinateNotation

Edited February 11, 2020 by IceColdUK

[+ecanderson]

¿Su brújula (GPS?) es WGS84 y DD mm.mmm?

Edited February 11, 2020 by ecanderson

[+IceColdUK]

Maryjisa

 

Your cache (https://coord.info/GC8JRHX) gives coordinates N 36° 42.340 W 003° 29.360 - this is in the DD MM.MMM notation, the standard for Geocaching.

 

Now, I'm guessing the coordinates that you took at GZ were actually N 36° 42' 34" W 003° 29' 36" - i.e. DD MM SS notation.

 

Converting these into the Geocaching standard gives: N36° 42.567' W003° 29.600' - on the Calle Juan Rulfo.  My guess is under the bench. :-)

 

 

If I was a bit closer, I'd be trying for an FTF!

 

Hope this helps.

Edited February 11, 2020 by IceColdUK

[+barefootjeff]

21 hours ago, IceColdUK said:

Have you followed the suggestions here:

 

https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=128&pgid=673

 

My guess is that the coordinates you’re using are in the wrong format - most likely, you’ve used Degrees, minutes and seconds (DD MM SS) instead of Degrees and decimal minutes (DD MM.MMM).

 

This tool will allow you to convert formats easily, and to confirm the location on the map:

 

https://www.geocachingtoolbox.com/index.php?lang=en&page=coordinateNotation

 

One second of arc corresponds to about 30 metres on the ground. Taking coordinates in DD MM SS format and converting them to DD MM.MMM is a really bad idea, as you could be up to 30 metres off.

[+IceColdUK]

32 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:

 

One second of arc corresponds to about 30 metres on the ground. Taking coordinates in DD MM SS format and converting them to DD MM.MMM is a really bad idea, as you could be up to 30 metres off.

Good point.  An extra decimal place in the seconds (DD MM SS.S) would be ok.

 

Of course, the above is all pure speculation on my part, but I’m still betting it's under that bench. ;-)