pbtcbt Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Does anyone know of a website that you can enter a street address and get the latitude and longitude to input into your GPS? Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Here's one...there are many more. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Part of my FAQ. Quote Link to comment
rasntrumpet Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Yes But... While the coordinates are "in the neighborhood" they are not exact. According to EVERY mapping database program there are 96 unique addresses on our 374 foot long street., There are in fact only 3 addresses: 7101, 7111, and 7119. Since Christmas is coming I hope Santa and UPS are ....just a little more exact. Bob Santa: I'm .... In the middle house ... on the block ... but you knew that! Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 That's why in my FAQ I give examples to show how inaccurate a few of the programs are. I've never found one to give me coordinates as accurate as my GPS (<= 30 feet). But most will get you in the area on the street (if the system knows about the street). Quote Link to comment
pbtcbt Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 Thank you for the websites. I have already been to them all and tried them out!! Quote Link to comment
+slapshot52 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 This may be a little off topic, but I wish I'd found Markwell's FAQ page a month ago when I started this sport! That's great stuff. Thanks for taking the time. Quote Link to comment
+NightPilot Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Finding a micro with the coordinates are off by 50' is one thing, but a house? If you can't find a house from 50' away, you shouldn't be out by yourself. Sometimes close is good enough. Quote Link to comment
+Cherokeecacher Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Finding a micro with the coordinates are off by 50' is one thing, but a house? If you can't find a house from 50' away, you shouldn't be out by yourself. Sometimes close is good enough. Oh Stan...you kill me sometimes Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 This may be a little off topic, but I wish I'd found Markwell's FAQ page a month ago when I started this sport! That's great stuff. Thanks for taking the time. I wish you had too. My job as a mod here would be so much easier if people took the time to read the thread called Read First! Geocaching Frequently Asked Questions. :P I'm glad my website helped. There's a lot of other cool sites out there with help on caching as well. Quote Link to comment
+orome Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Fan mail to Markwell for the FAQs - and the sidebar mention in the official geocaching book. Quote Link to comment
+Reid Cruzers Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 I reviewed the FAQ section and found the sites suggested for locating Waypoints. One time I did a google search and found a site that allowed me to move the mouse over the map, and as I did so, the Lat/Lon adjusted constantly to show where I was. I have been unable to remember/find this site again. It didn't require clicking a spot, just moving the mouse which came in very handy. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with a site like this. Quote Link to comment
reidster Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 (edited) For viewing the Lat/Lon of your cursor on a map try TerraServer.com and search by Zipcode. Select an aerial view (I prefer pixxures) and see if this helps. Edited December 10, 2004 by reidster Quote Link to comment
+NightPilot Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 (edited) Get USAPhotomaps and you can do that all you want, in whatever format you like. This is seriously cool software, for a seriously cool price. Edited December 11, 2004 by NightPilot Quote Link to comment
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