converting co-ords from one format to another

[jeff s Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close jeff s]

Hi All.

I had to just do a little searching on google trying to find a long, lat of a degrees, minutes location.

My GPS can do either with a little bit of button pushing.
But here is a link to a jeep website with a quick converter for different formats.

I have read that it is not 100% but it seems close enough for most uses.

Dont know if its been on here before, Also dont know if we can legaly post it but I am not taking any credit for any of it, just sharing the link.

http://www.jeepreviews.com/wireless-gps-coordinates/

Jeff.

[ozwapet2 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close ozwapet2]

Re: converting co-ords from one format to another

Thanks for that.
I find OziExplorer is good enough for doing these conversions - just enter it in one format and then change to the other format.
Most of my conversions are from UTM ( Eastings /Northings grid reference ) to Lat/Long.
Seems bushwalkers still use UTM grid references and but geocachers and search and rescue I notice use lat/long in degrees and decimal minutes.
I'm tending to leave my GPS in degrees and decimal minutes these days, for that reason.