Please excuse the asterisk as I couldn't find the degree symbol.
Thanks
03_troopy said
09:11 AM Jan 2, 2014
whichever you prefer. If you use a publication like camps australia wide, might be easier using the same format as they do though. Same if you use google maps I guess too. Use whichever is more user friendly for you.
Big Gorilla said
09:35 AM Jan 2, 2014
goldcoaster wrote:
Hi All,
What should my Tom Tom be formatted too ?
Degrees d.d*
Minutes d* m. m
Seconds d* m s
Please excuse the asterisk as I couldn't find the degree symbol.
Thanks
That is the usual format...
03_troopy said
09:41 AM Jan 2, 2014
Big Gorilla wrote:
goldcoaster wrote:
Hi All,
What should my Tom Tom be formatted too ?
Degrees d.d*
Minutes d* m. m
Seconds d* m s
Please excuse the asterisk as I couldn't find the degree symbol.
Thanks
That is the usual format...
I think he is asking which of the three formats. Or did I miss the tongue in cheek
goldcoaster said
10:40 AM Jan 2, 2014
Thanks troopy,
Yes was wanting to know which one of the 3, excuse my ignorance .
Thanks
ozjohn said
10:56 AM Jan 2, 2014
Camps Australia wide use degrees, minutes and decimals of minutes. E.g. S 38 degrees, 159.421 minutes. They don't use seconds. OJ
Delta18 said
11:11 AM Jan 2, 2014
The question has been answered but, for future reference to the OP and anyone interested, the Degree symbol (25 °) can be found by going to your Character Map (assuming you are using a PC with Windows) Start - Accessories - System Tools - Character Map.
The symbol, along with many others, is around the middle of first page. Just Click on it, Select then paste it where you want it.
Someone may be able to tell how to get it on other systems.
Cheers Neil
03_troopy said
10:42 PM Jan 2, 2014
Or hold down the alt key and type 0176 on the numeric pad, then let the alt key back up... 500°
-- Edited by 03_troopy on Thursday 2nd of January 2014 10:44:08 PM
Big Gorilla said
07:12 AM Jan 3, 2014
If your TomTom can be used with Degrees, Minutes and Seconds, use it that way. This will give a more accurate position. I recall in one town I passed thru, I had my TomTom set with Degrees and Minutes only. I punched in the co-ordinates for a free camp and ended up on the wrong side of the river. My TomTom showed I was at the site, but I could see it across the river, a distance of about 200 meters. Had I used seconds, the problem probably would not have arisen. For general use such as the City enter of a Town, Degrees and Minutes would be ok.
ozjohn said
08:37 AM Jan 3, 2014
Apology to OP. Just had a look at my Camps 6 and GPS coordinates are in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds. Cheers, Ozjohn.
KFT said
10:59 AM Jan 3, 2014
The format I use because I am used to it and is the one used by almost all emergency services is degrees and decimal minutes.
NSW helicopter rescue services will only accept GPS data in this format.
frank
03_troopy said
11:16 AM Jan 3, 2014
Big Gorilla wrote:
If your TomTom can be used with Degrees, Minutes and Seconds, use it that way. This will give a more accurate position. I recall in one town I passed thru, I had my TomTom set with Degrees and Minutes only. I punched in the co-ordinates for a free camp and ended up on the wrong side of the river. My TomTom showed I was at the site, but I could see it across the river, a distance of about 200 meters. Had I used seconds, the problem probably would not have arisen. For general use such as the City enter of a Town, Degrees and Minutes would be ok.
Just looking through some forums, it looks like the TomTom can accept decimal minutes up to 5 decimal places, so it should be more accurate than seconds as .00001 minute is equivalent to .03 of a second and is approximately about 1.1M at he equator. Obviously the accuracy of the GPS and how many sattelites at which positions will dictate the overall accuracy of the location. I don't have a TomTom to check this out myself though, so will stand corrected if someone else has more info.
justcruisin01 said
01:29 PM Jan 3, 2014
I beleive you will have to set it to the format that you are working from, as you cant enter a co-ord; to a different format. Maybe there is a conversion chart some where.
JC
03_troopy said
08:04 AM Jan 4, 2014
That is correct JC, you need to enter the coordinates in the same format as shown in the information you are using to locate the POI. For example if the listed POI shows D, M, s then you enter the figures in the same format as they are listed unless you can convert them to another format. However, most GPS's can accept coordinates in different formats.
justcruisin01 said
04:20 PM Jan 4, 2014
Maybe this will help some one, I could not copy the complete spread sheat/program.
Forgot that I had this. have never tried to use it as it simplier to change the format on GPS to match the info that you are working from.
Just had a look & it can be emailed as an attch. 13.5kb.
Convertlog-latcoordinates Microsoft Excel.
JC.
Example for manual conversion to decimal degrees
Convert to decimal degrees Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds 33 58 39 33 58 39 Multiply minutes by 60 58 x 60= 3480 becomes To this, add seconds +39= 3519 Divide this by 3600 3519÷3600 0.9775 33.9775 degrees Add degrees +33 33.9775
Convert to degrees and minutes Example for manual conversion to degrees & minutes
Hi All,
What should my Tom Tom be formatted too ?
Degrees d.d*
Minutes d* m. m
Seconds d* m s
Please excuse the asterisk as I couldn't find the degree symbol.
Thanks
That is the usual format...
I think he is asking which of the three formats. Or did I miss the tongue in cheek
Yes was wanting to know which one of the 3, excuse my ignorance .
Thanks
Camps Australia wide use degrees, minutes and decimals of minutes. E.g. S 38 degrees, 159.421 minutes. They don't use seconds.
OJ
The question has been answered but, for future reference to the OP and anyone interested, the Degree symbol (25 °) can be found by going to your Character Map (assuming you are using a PC with Windows) Start - Accessories - System Tools - Character Map.
The symbol, along with many others, is around the middle of first page. Just Click on it, Select then paste it where you want it.
Someone may be able to tell how to get it on other systems.
Cheers Neil
Or hold down the alt key and type 0176 on the numeric pad, then let the alt key back up... 500°
-- Edited by 03_troopy on Thursday 2nd of January 2014 10:44:08 PM
If your TomTom can be used with Degrees, Minutes and Seconds, use it that way. This will give a more accurate position. I recall in one town I passed thru, I had my TomTom set with Degrees and Minutes only. I punched in the co-ordinates for a free camp and ended up on the wrong side of the river. My TomTom showed I was at the site, but I could see it across the river, a distance of about 200 meters. Had I used seconds, the problem probably would not have arisen. For general use such as the City enter of a Town, Degrees and Minutes would be ok.
Apology to OP.
Just had a look at my Camps 6 and GPS coordinates are in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds.
Cheers, Ozjohn.
NSW helicopter rescue services will only accept GPS data in this format.
frank
Just looking through some forums, it looks like the TomTom can accept decimal minutes up to 5 decimal places, so it should be more accurate than seconds as .00001 minute is equivalent to .03 of a second and is approximately about 1.1M at he equator. Obviously the accuracy of the GPS and how many sattelites at which positions will dictate the overall accuracy of the location. I don't have a TomTom to check this out myself though, so will stand corrected if someone else has more info.
I beleive you will have to set it to the format that you are working from, as you cant enter a co-ord; to a different format. Maybe there is a conversion chart some where.
JC
Maybe this will help some one, I could not copy the complete spread sheat/program.
Forgot that I had this. have never tried to use it as it simplier to change the format on GPS to match the info that you are working from.
Just had a look & it can be emailed as an attch. 13.5kb.
Convertlog-latcoordinates Microsoft Excel.
JC.
Example for manual conversion to decimal degrees
Convert to decimal degrees
Degrees Minutes Seconds
Degrees Minutes Seconds 33 58 39
33 58 39
Multiply minutes by 60 58 x 60= 3480
becomes To this, add seconds +39= 3519
Divide this by 3600 3519÷3600 0.9775
33.9775 degrees Add degrees +33 33.9775
Convert to degrees and minutes Example for manual conversion to degrees & minutes
Decimal Address 34.83916667 Decimal Address 34.8392 degrees
becomes Degrees 34
Subract degrees integer 34.8392 - 34 0.8392
Degrees Minutes Seconds Multiply by 60 0.8391 x 60 50.352
34 50 21 Thus minutes 50
Subtract minutes integer 50.352 - 50 0.352
Multiply by 60 0.352 x 60 21.12
Thus seconds 21
Answer is:-
Degrees Minutes Seconds
34 50 21