I'm having problems using coordinates with my Garmin. Camps gives a coordinate of 17 08 18 S. The garmin want 3 digits on the last number (seconds I believe). I have put a 0 before & after the 18. I usually get close to where I want to be, but at the last minute the Garmin will want to take me bush.
-- Edited by 03_Troopy on Saturday 21st of March 2015 11:06:13 AM
madaboutled said
11:07 AM Mar 21, 2015
Hi Pete,
With soooo many different models would be hard to say exactly, best way is to Google for a tutorial for your model. For example mine is a Nuvi so I googled "garmin nuvi gps coordinates" results gave me host of online tutorials both written and video.
Hope the helps
Regards Steve.
-- Edited by madaboutled on Saturday 21st of March 2015 11:08:13 AM
03_Troopy said
11:08 AM Mar 21, 2015
Also, you should be able to change the coordinate format in your Garmin via the settings menu. Have a read through the manual, or google for a copy online for your particular model if you don't have one.
Peter_n_Margaret said
07:24 PM Mar 21, 2015
I would guess that the 3 figs for the seconds includes one decimal point?
S 017 08 18.0
Personally I prefer degrees and decimal degrees.
S 017.138333
Cheers,
Peter
wasn_me said
07:43 PM Mar 23, 2015
Thanks for the replies. I'll look into each of them.
Troopy the coordinate is one I took randomly from camps.
Cheers Pete
Papou said
06:17 PM Mar 24, 2015
I also have a portable garmin and had the same problem. Days end i went through the settings and changed the co-ordiantes format to suit..As mentioned above where Wikicamps goves a single digit you will add the 0 before it eg 36:05/instead of 5 into your Garmin unit etc..
Peter1059 said
09:39 PM Apr 5, 2015
Hi guys,
I have a new to Tomtom go600 and it is a pain for adding cords, I go to google earth find the loc and then use their cords. It takes a bit of mucking around but works. You also get all the coords.
-- Edited by Peter1059 on Sunday 5th of April 2015 09:41:07 PM
03_Troopy said
08:30 AM Apr 6, 2015
Peter1059 wrote:
Hi guys,
I have a new to Tomtom go600 and it is a pain for adding cords, I go to google earth find the loc and then use their cords. It takes a bit of mucking around but works. You also get all the coords.
-- Edited by Peter1059 on Sunday 5th of April 2015 09:41:07 PM
That'd be fine if you have phone reception, even if a little long winded way of doing it. It would be much easier just to change your coordinate format setup on you GPS to suit what you prefer.
dorian said
02:04 PM Apr 6, 2015
FYI, you can perform coordinate conversion using Google's calculator.
I'm having problems using coordinates with my Garmin. Camps gives a coordinate of 17 08 18 S. The garmin want 3 digits on the last number (seconds I believe). I have put a 0 before & after the 18. I usually get close to where I want to be, but at the last minute the Garmin will want to take me bush.
Is there a simple solution?
Cheers Pete
Read this about coordinate formats.
Edit: Just out of curiosity, is that Kauri?
-- Edited by 03_Troopy on Saturday 21st of March 2015 11:06:13 AM
Hi Pete,
With soooo many different models would be hard to say exactly, best way is to Google for a tutorial for your model. For example mine is a Nuvi so I googled "garmin nuvi gps coordinates" results gave me host of online tutorials both written and video.
Hope the helps
Regards Steve.
-- Edited by madaboutled on Saturday 21st of March 2015 11:08:13 AM
S 017 08 18.0
Personally I prefer degrees and decimal degrees.
S 017.138333
Cheers,
Peter
Thanks for the replies. I'll look into each of them.
Troopy the coordinate is one I took randomly from camps.
Cheers Pete
Hi guys,
I have a new to Tomtom go600 and it is a pain for adding cords, I go to google earth find the loc and then use their cords. It takes a bit of mucking around but works. You also get all the coords.
-- Edited by Peter1059 on Sunday 5th of April 2015 09:41:07 PM
That'd be fine if you have phone reception, even if a little long winded way of doing it. It would be much easier just to change your coordinate format setup on you GPS to suit what you prefer.
FYI, you can perform coordinate conversion using Google's calculator.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=17+degrees+%2B+8+minutes+%2B+18+seconds+in+degrees
(17 degrees) + (8 arcminutes) + (18 arcseconds) = 17.1383333 degrees