You are 100% correct about the accuracy being a function of the device. I have a friend who had one of the very first GPS receivers ever sold. He would drive down a highway with it in his car and it displayed his lane changes visibly but I don't remember if it displayed coordinates or not. That has been too many years ago to remember but I remember watching it as he changed lanes and the resultant track. 10-20m sounds extremely inaccurate.
Remember, I'm not using a phone, just an iPad. The iPad has both Google Maps and Google Earth on it. I'm not necessarily looking for some particular place, I just come across places and want to know the coordinates for them at that time so I can document and/or return. Thanks to everyone for all the input. Al -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Nicholson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Latitude and Longitude The main thing to bear in mind here is that it is generally not the App that determines the accuracy of the GPS coordinates but the device itself. The app just displays the position that the receiver has derived. The accuracy of civilian GPS receivers is typically in the order of 10-20m although it can be better and it can be worse depending on conditions. If this is good enough for your purposes then plot away! However, as Kathy has suggested a more accurate method if you can see what you are looking for is to use Google Maps. You could even use a combination of the two to roughly plot with your phone then refine it by going to that position in Google maps and adjusting it if needed. Gavin... -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 15 September 2013 9:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Latitude and Longitude Maybe not Floyd, but with Google Maps, if you already know where a grave is located within the cemetery (as an example), it is possible to accurately pinpoint the GPS location of that grave and thus obtain the Latitude and longitude of the location. Google Maps is free and so is Legacy basic - anyone should be able to input the lat and long of any location. Perhaps the feature was not added as a separate feature because there is already the lat and long capability within the location mapping section of Legacy, and given the incredible flexibility I've recently been finding out with the locations, it would be possible to have a location GPS marked for each known grave relating to family. Perhaps a little bit overboard to give every single Peterson within a cemetery their own separate location, but there's nothing to say that lat and long can't be stored within the notes field of the the burial event. Just my two cents Kathy 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 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
