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.
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
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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.
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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.
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
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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.
