Posting coordinates

I need to learn how UTM works I think it'd be better than DMS that I use, just need to nut it out

You aren't planning on going to the Pyrenees are you Robin?

Is "We' as in "We find it much better" the military, aviation and Google Earth/ Maps? How about a conversion facility on ExploreOz that changes formats such asthis d{>_<}b

a bit more than 7 numbers Robin ;-)

Andrew

Robin,
The only problem I have with the UTM coordinates is that nobody tells you the CM or zone that was used.
If they mention a town nearby I can suss it out, otherwise it could be in WA, SA or western Vic.
Cheers,
Peter B

Hi Guys

Its a pretty fair comment that some don't tell you the zone your in and its a pain, I also imagine that this is more of an issue in some states than others.

Here in victoria , almost all the maps use UTM , including many people are not aware of such as the state vicroads country directory and most of our good areas are covered by rooftops maps which are beautifully done with utm co-ords which fit perfectly with 1km square grids.

Because UTM reads out in meters , its just so much easier and more meaningful to watch a gps co-ord counting down to zero as you drive toward it.

We have had several situations already this year in which we have had to do diversions or cut across country and the ability to look at a co-ord and quickly estimate a distance has been priceless.

Hi Bonz
Am hoping to make Pyrennes , taken many nights to build a double bed framework inside the Patrol to test out feasibility of sleeping in car - but last night actually got to lay on bed in car so we should be in position to test it even though all the ancilary bits won't be done.

I posted this thread with the aim that people would post coordinates in a format that was easily copied and pasted into Google Earth / Maps. Before the hand held device it was hh.mm.ss.ss. The Army played with Grid then the hand-held allowed the +'s and -'s and decimals of degrees to enough decimal places to be as accurate as hh.mm.ss.ss.

I guess that the 4WD type communities are relatively small in the overall scheme of finding places using Google Earth / Map.

Whatever the format and whether people like meters or furlongs to go or whatever is up to the device in their vehicle.

My wish is to have formats posted on this forum that is easily copied and pasted to Google Earth/ Maps.... d{>_<}b

Two points that are 6 degrees apart (approx 600km) will have exactly the same UTM 13-digit co-ordinates.

You have to state the UTM zone (2 digits) as well as the Easting (6 digits) and Northing (7 digits) to make it useful.

Zones in Australia:

http://boulter.com/gps/ is excellent 1/2A. 10/10 and thanks. All can be copied and pasted straight into Google Earth/ Maps except UTM which I think the Army use.

I added his co-ords to GE and ended up here
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Wow, that's weird.

How about we split the difference and call it the middle of the Atlantic?

Geoff

Geoff
Don't you mean Indian...Indian....Indian....Indian...Indian....Indian Oshun

You know Doug, I could say "What was I thinking?"

But really, there was no thinking involved in that one!

Thanks for the hint!

Geoff

How can 22 degrees South and 121 degrees East be anywhere near Northern Africa?

That's the million dollar question isn't it?

Best ask the website that resolved the co-ordinates!

Geoff

I don't think he said anything about south & east. Many websites default to N & W or sometimes N & E and if you want anywhere else you have to tell it.

Sticking an S & E before the respective lat & lon will change the result.

Dave

Oops. Didn't notice. He did but he put it after the coords not before.

Dave

Understood and thanks Peter B. To add "S" as the hemisphere then take away the minus sign is tedious and could be confusing. The random coordinates as an example which was taken from another post at ExploreOz has found both Western Australia and the Sahara in this thread. It would just be great to copy and paste contributor's coordinates straight into Google Earrh / Maps and Bob's-your-Uncle:- you're there.

There is no minus sign in places and the coords are in both Deg.deg and D.M.S

You can see the google satellite photos in places as well, so unless you are making a .kmz file there is probably no need to enter them into google earth anyway.

Cheers
Ross