Technical Help

[kenmore_mo1]

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

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by kenmore_mo1

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

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.

[fishfighter]

Originally Posted by kenmore_mo1

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

Originally Posted by Gerald

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

Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck

If your gps only has degrees minutes, the conversion would be

32°11.45400'
091°25.64233'

how do you do this conversion?

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Originally Posted by fishfighter

i did this and the numbers still look the same as before



how do you do this conversion?

Whats the matter? Gave us fake gps coords? lol

[Lake Chuck Duck]

Originally Posted by fishfighter

i did this and the numbers still look the same as before



how do you do this conversion?

It is very easy to do with a cailculator's degree minute second feature, but here is a website for easy conversion. It shows you the different forms of ways you can type it in.

http://www.earthpoint.us/convert.aspx