Where on Web can find true coord. to any U.S. Address?

[Guest HdtP]

OK guys, There has got to be a good web site out there that I can type in the address and get the coord., do you know of sure a site?

 

Thanks,

HdtP

[Guest peter]

http://www.mapsonus.com is one such site. You first need to click on 'General Options' and check the box to show Lat/Long.

[Guest badbitbucket]

Great site peter, THANX!

[Guest makaio]

MapBlast shows coords by default - once map is drawn look in top right corner.

[Guest ClayJar]

Also, note that MapBlast displays the coordinates for the icon on the map. If you want to find coordinates for different things (like an intersection or whatever), be sure you're moving the icon.

[Guest Tomebug]

The coordinates on map blast and the other map page mentioned are different than what my gps uses (datum?). How do I convert?

[Guest Artful Dodger]

The Eagle Decoder is also very useful. Give it a try.

[Guest WaylandersMA]

In MapBlast, if you click on the long/lat it will convert from,

deg/min/sec <-> digital degrees

 

Close, but not a match to geaocaching deg/digital minutes.

 

Mentioning not so obvious: the best converter is your GPSR which you can switch to what needs to be inputted, tap it in, and switch to your favorite.

[Guest Markwell]

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Originally posted by Tomebug:

The coordinates on map blast and the other map page mentioned are different than what my gps uses (datum?). How do I convert?

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Example: 41.024345 -88.017561

Let's use Lat (41.024345)

Take off the whole numbers (41) negatives are south and west, positives are north and east)

Take the remainder (0.024345) and multiply by 60 (1.4607)

Your degree/minutes would be N41° 01.461 (rounded)

 

Try it with the hypothetical longitude, and you should get W088° 01.054.

 

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[Guest GeoForse]

Keep in mind, guys, that there is not some large database that has every address in the U.S. of A. stored to give you an exact lat/lon when you enter an address. All such address lookups use algorithms to determine location. Address assignments by local jurisdictions is far from uniform across the country. These factors may conspire against you. These algorithms do a reasonable job, but are by no means exact. WYS is not always WYG.

 

[This message has been edited by GeoForse (edited 08 November 2001).]

[Guest GeoForse]

Keep in mind, guys, that there is not some large database that has every address in the U.S. of A. stored to give you an exact lat/lon when you enter an address. All such address lookups use algorithms to determine location. Address assignments by local jurisdictions is far from uniform across the country. These factors may conspire against you. These algorithms do a reasonable job, but are by no means exact. WYS is not always WYG.

 

[This message has been edited by GeoForse (edited 08 November 2001).]

[Guest Ramness570]

ding an address with the GPS the other day on the way to class work sent me to about 40 miles away. I got the cords from map blast and directions from expedia. Driving along the directions said to go right (west) then 2 miles later turn left (north) well duh can turn west then go left again for north, but while driving at 7am I didn?t realize this till it was to late. So im watching the pointer point behind me while the ?distance? increases. Think to myself ?screw this lets go geocaching? so just started following the pointer and when I turned in to the driveway of the school it read 189? away, close enough for me!

 

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Brian & TabascoX

Senior Member Southeast Xterra Club

Geocaching since October 2000.

[Guest web-ling]

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Originally posted by Artful Dodger:

The Eagle Decoder is also very useful. Give it a try.

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Hey, I LIKE this one!

 

Web-ling

[Guest web-ling]

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Originally posted by Artful Dodger:

The Eagle Decoder is also very useful. Give it a try.

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Hey, I LIKE this one!

 

Web-ling

[Guest web-ling]

Does anyone know of a site that will mark the coordinates on an aerial photo, as opposed to a map?

 

Web-ling

[Guest gstrong1]

Go here. Nice stuff. http://www.jdmcox.com/

USA PhotoMaps. A little tricky to get used to the starting sequence, but a great application.

 

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Gary "Gimpy" Strong

Rochester,NY

 

[This message has been edited by gstrong1 (edited 27 November 2001).]

[Guest taztwr]

Ok so here is a twist on this topic, we have already found a place that will allow you to find LAT/LON by inputing an address...

 

What about a place that you can input LAT/LON and find a location? Or can that only be done on the purchased software?

 

Taz

[Guest ralphb]

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Originally posted by taztwr:

Ok so here is a twist on this topic, we have already found a place that will allow you to find LAT/LON by inputing an address...

 

What about a place that you can input LAT/LON and find a location? Or can that only be done on the purchased software?

 

Taz

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MapQuest will let you enter coordinates and it generates a map. Go to the home page, click on Maps, then Latitude/Longitude.

 

Ralph

[Guest glenn95630]

I have had to 'search' for this thread a couple times. I aploogize for bringing it to the top again, but I will probably need to find it again in the future.

 

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