Many of us prefer the old standard -- if only because we understand it. Don't change until we're all dead...or until none of us care anymore.
Cheryl Jay 1FamilyTree wrote: > Legacy uses a standard, but the reality is that all the > better online mapping systems (Including Google ) all use > the Decimal system, I wish Legacy would change..... > > Jay > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Brian/Support > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Legacy uses degree, minute, seconds for coordinates. The > only > non-standard thing is that we do not divide the parts > with a space. > Latitude is entered as ddmmss.ssss longitude is > dddmmss.sss note there > are three degree digits in longitude because that can > vary from 000 to > 180. latitude only goes from 0 to 90 so only two digits > are needed. > > Some applications use decimal degrees rather than the > dms system but > both are equally valid systems for measuring angles > along with radians > > Brian > Customer Support > Millennia Corporation > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com > -- > > On 15/08/2013 5:00 AM, Randy Clark wrote: > > The format used by Legacy seems non-standard. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Mary Young > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> Google Earth easily gives you the Lat. & Long. for > any address,with no > >> conversion needed. > >> Search for the address in Google Earth. > >> Click on the Pin Icon at upper left of the bar. > >> A New Placemark box opens, showing Lat. & Long. in > the format: > >> 55°56'54.05"N and 3°11'53.23"W > >> Copy each string into the appropriate box in the > Legacy Location dialog > >> box. > >> Then delete the °(degrees), '(minutes) and "N or > "W(which are already > >> in Legacy). > >> The numbers should be in pairs, so any single digit > should have a "0" > >> placed before it, i.e. 6 digits before the point, > and 2 after the point. > >> This works perfectly, you can pinpoint any place to > within a few metres. > >> Mary Young 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
