I have GPS Status on my Android tabled that displays latitude & longitude.
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Al Mieswinkel <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > > 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
