Thank you Scott, for taking the time to explain. I'm planning on getting a
new digital camera that provides the GPS co ordinates for each photo but it
gives them in the following format:
43* 07' 52 N (The asterisk is used in place of the degree symbol)
I wanted to use those co
Mary Fowler Leek wrote
Thank you Scott, for taking the time to explain. I'm planning on
getting a new digital camera that provides the GPS co ordinates for
each photo but it gives them in the following format:
43* 07' 52 N (The asterisk is used in place of the degree
symbol)
I wanted
Mary,
No need to goof around, your camera is giving it in the Legacy format,
except that Legacy gives it as one number:
Thus Legacy Latitude is DDMMSS.xxx, where xxx is the decimal part of the
seconds so the number from your co-ordinate is 430752.000 N. For Longitude
it is DDDMMSS.xxx. Note that
Mary,
Legacy also has a handy converter. I use it all the time. Find A
Grave gives latitude/longitude in decimal and I use it to convert to
Legacy friendly. It's found at the bottom of the Event Address box.
Click on the + sign at the end of the Burial location field, choose
Burial Address
Yes, Legacy's format is D-M-S. You can use the coordinates calculator
to convert to D-M-S if need be, or you can calculate yourself,
multiplying or dividing by 60 as appropriate.
For example, GPS devices often use Degrees-Minutes and fractions of
minutes rather than seconds. A latitude reading
Wow .. sorry for the typos down there !!! Let me repost this. The
first paragraph was a mess.
This is better:
Yes, Legacy's format is D-M-S. You can use the coordinates calculator
to convert to D-M-S if need be, or you can calculate yourself,
multiplying or dividing by 60 as appropriate.
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