Legacy contains a converter that will change degree, min, second coordinates to the values Legacy uses. In the Master location list click on the edit button Click on the calculator icon to open the distance and bearing calculator If there are coordinates for the current location they will be in the First Location section Enter the degree minute seconds values in the box on the right then click convert The decimal degrees used by Legacy will be calculated. Use the Lat 1 or Long 1 button to paste the value to the appropriate Lat or Long When you have converted both the Lat and Long use the return 1 button to send those values to the location's Lat and Long.
Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com -- On 27/09/2012 10:50, Nancy Porter wrote: > OK, this is making me nuts. When I have a location that Legacy doesn't > recognize and I have to look up the Lat/Long to pinpoint it on Legacy's > map, I can never seem to input the numbers that Legacy is satisfied > with. I always get an incorrect format warning and I end up manually > placing the pin in an approximate location. > > I use GeoHack for proper Lat/Long most of the time. The most often > format for Lat/Long I see is like this (as an example): > > 42° 43′ 18″ N, 89° 33′ 18″ W > > How should I be converting these co-ordinates into a format that Legacy > likes?? Or what website can I use to convert these numbers into > acceptable ones? > Thanks for your help. > Nancy > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
