auntiefindy Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 I am having trouble using the coordinates on Geocaching on map sites such as MapQuest. I know that Geocaching uses the WGS84, but how do I plug in coordinates on a map site - how do I convert them? Help!! Auntie Findy Quote Link to comment
+Kai Team Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I am having trouble using the coordinates on Geocaching on map sites such as MapQuest. I know that Geocaching uses the WGS84, but how do I plug in coordinates on a map site - how do I convert them? Help!! Auntie Findy You asked two good questions - plugging in the coordinates and coverting coordinates. As far as plugging in the coordinates, make sure that you're using the right format. There are degrees minutes seconds (DD MM SS), degress decimal minutes (DD MM.MMM) and degrees decimal (DD.DDDD). Geocaching.com's coordinates are given in degress minutes decimal (e.g. N 43° 47.599 W 076° 33.592). On the mapquest site, they want either degrees minutes seconds, or degrees decimal. You can use this site to convert from one form to another. You can also use that site to convert from WGS84 to NAD27, but I don't think you'll need to do that! Quote Link to comment
auntiefindy Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Thank you! It worked. Now I'll put it to the real test tomorrow and see if I find anything. Quote Link to comment
+BigBirdNL Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 Also take a look at Boulter's site. On the bottom you have a link to a java script that prevents the need of typing in the coords again. Quote Link to comment
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