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Old 11-01-2013, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by kenmore_mo1 View Post
google earth uses WGS84 datum, set your gps to this setting,the use degrees decimal seconds, for lat/long to match the format of the lat/lon. If you dont use wgs84 your position will be off

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Originally Posted by Gerald View Post
If you are not familar with converting the numbers, it would be much easier to change the setting on your to GPS.

On the GPS menue, go into settings and look for something like WGS84 and change your setting. After making this change, you will be able to enter the numbers from Google Earth.
i did this and the numbers still look the same as before

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Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck View Post
If your gps only has degrees minutes, the conversion would be

32°11.45400'
091°25.64233'
how do you do this conversion?
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