Hi Sarah,
I think what you may have for (N 3904,668 - E 1652,784) is actually
degrees, minutes and decimal minutes:
N 39d 04min .668dec min (or 40.08sec [.668*60]) = N 39d 04min 40.08 sec
E 16d 52min .784 dec min (or 47.04sec [.784*60]) = N 16d 52min 47.04 sec
or in decimal degrees
N 39.0778
E 16.879733
This puts the point about 7km south of Roccabernarda.
In the UK and US a dot is usually the decimal point, in Europe a comma
is often the decimal point.
Regards,
Mike
should fall in the vicinity of coordinates: N 391373746 - E 16,8745837
(Roccabernarda in the province of Crotone).
On 12/03/2014 08:01, Lynkos wrote:
Solve one mystery and another appears! This isn't really a QGIS issue,
but I'm wondering if there's someone out there who'd be willing to
give me a hand anyway.
I'm processing a series of data sheets of bird observations from
volunteer observers throughout Italy. We specify decimal degrees,
WGS84 (UTM 33 o 32N), but as you can imagine, the coordinates come in
all shapes and sizes and trying to standardise them is a real challenge.
I'm having a particular problem trying to understand (and therefore
subsequently convert), the following group of coordinates:
N 3915.452 E 1655.732
N 3913.887 E 1655.653
N 3905.717 E 1703.311
N 3902.444 E 1701.229
N 3902.936 E 1701.405
N 3904.791 E 1654.796
N 3904.668 E 1652.784**
N 3906.065 E 1657.129
N 3905.403 E 1701.755
N 3909.825 E 1659.315
N 3909.479 E 1657.053
N 3912.038 E 1655.576
N 3912.436 E 1656.515
N 3911.025 E 1659.291
N 3911.148 E 1659.506
N 3911.347 E 1659.521
N 3911.824 E 1659.739
They should all fall in the province of Crotone in Calabria, Italy,
but nothing I've tried gets them there :-(.
To give an idea, the coordinates with an asterix (N 3904,668 - E
1652,784) should fall in the vicinity of coordinates: N 391373746 - E
16,8745837 (Roccabernarda in the province of Crotone).
Thanks for any help, and my apologies if the answer is so simple a
primary school kid could get there :-(, Sarah.
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*Sarah Gregg*
immagini - parole - territorio - natura
Web:www.wild-eyes.eu <http://www.wild-eyes.eu/>
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