Need a GPS mark for...

I think its this GPS 24° 52.16 S, 129° 04.681 E can anyone confirm?

Michelle if you do not get a reply here, I would suggest you ask on this list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OziUsers-L
There are some serious travellers there, and a great opportunity for you to push ExplorOz in a subtle way. Never miss an opportunity.

Cooridnates without a specified Datum - ouch!

Personally, I don't use DD MM SS any more and the majority of land lubbers now use UTM Universal Transverse Mercator. It really is the superior system and meaningful. Even the US search and rescue organisations are going metric and switching over to UTM. The MGRS they dreamt up is a nightmare. UTM is meaningful and is in standard metric metres that everybody understands.
This is just one:
http://www.rmru.org/faq13.htm

WGS80? Did you mean WGS84?

Ozie, correct me if I am wrong but when using Lat long the Datum is irrelevent , Lat long is the datum ????This is why i still use lat/long no datum confusion!
Brian

Sorry Brian,
I hit the wrong button and accidentally deleted your qn about what I meant by " enter odd " it was a typo, a word was missing, it was meant to say entering the odd one (meaning coordinate).

Thats alright I was just wondering what I said to upset you... lol

Brian

Brian try entering Latitude and Longitude under different coordinate system and see what you get.

Ozie I tried what you said ond you are right! But why???
I use ONC maps to get co-ords for my GPS( old manual input) but no where does it state what datum to use on the map! DO you have any answers???? I rearly use utm co-ordinates (all that RAAF training in long lat) I have a log book of all places I have been in long lat (WGS i think )but are they accurate , you have turned my world upsidedown!
Brian

Brian because different Datums bend and twist the earth in different ways.

All maps intended for navigation should always specify the Datum

If your log book is in WGS84 and your GPS is set in WGS84 which would be normal practice, your coordinates would be correct.

If you are using moving map software the only time you change your GPS Datum is if you are using UTM, and then you use the Datum on the map.

the reason Hema are using Lat/Longs is the because of the scale of their maps - 1:1 250 000, 1:2 000 000, 1:500 000. Apart from remote area travel, most people would be using 1:250 000 or 1:100 000 scale maps and at this scale Lat/Longs are very difficult to plot - notwithstanding those lucky enough to have the maps loaded or using a laptop. Data can be entered using either then switch your settings to whatever suits.
Foe an explanation of terms Datum. Lat/Long, Grids etc have a look at - http://www.auslig.gov.au/geodesy/datums/#Whatisadatum

And I'm sitting in snow-covered England looking at my Oz maps.....