Hi
I am setting up the software for my weather station and its asking for my location in tenths of degrees.
Would anyone be able to tell me how I convert my Lat/Long location in to tenths of degrees
Thanks
(10-09-2017, 11:07)garybb1 Wrote: [ -> ]Hi
I am setting up the software for my weather station and its asking for my location in tenths of degrees.
Would anyone be able to tell me how I convert my Lat/Long location in to tenths of degrees
Thanks
Hi garybb1,
I think the easiest way is to turn
Google Maps on and right-click on your position:
[Image: position-sm.png]
Thanks for your replies
I have found my Lat/Long coordinates from google maps and have them in both normal format and DMS format, I am unsure as to how to convert this format to tenths of degrees as requested by the software.
Sorry if I am missing something simple.
Thanks
(11-09-2017, 09:31)garybb1 Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry if I am missing something simple.
One sometimes worries about the problem that is possible for someone else's simple.
But that is why there is a forum and the rest of us ...
(11-09-2017, 09:31)garybb1 Wrote: [ -> ]I am unsure as to how to convert this format to tenths of degrees as requested by the software.
Sorry if I am missing something simple.
Thanks
I will try to give an example for a place that I think its not far from you:
Basingstoke - Victory Roundabout: 51.266, -1.092
For a location like that you should use on the software: 512, -109 (always integers)
Thank you
It now makes complete sense to me
Hi,
Quote:Basingstoke - Victory Roundabout: 51.266, -1.092
For a location like that you should use on the software: 512, -109 (always integers)
Shouldn't that be 512, -10 , or rounded to the nearest integer
513, -11 ?
IMHO the easiest method to convert DMS to tenths of Degrees is to multiply the Degrees by 10 and add the number of Minutes divided by 6, i.e D * 10 + M / 6. The seconds can be ignored (too small to bother with).
The most common mistake is to forget the minus sign for the Western hemisphere, particularly for USA.
Cheers, Alan.
(11-09-2017, 19:43)AllyCat Wrote: [ -> ]Hi,
Quote:Basingstoke - Victory Roundabout: 51.266, -1.092
For a location like that you should use on the software: 512, -109 (always integers)
Shouldn't that be 512, -10 , or rounded to the nearest integer 513, -11 ?
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(11-09-2017, 19:43)AllyCat Wrote: [ -> ]Shouldn't that be 512, -10 , or rounded to the nearest integer 513, -11 ?
Yes, it should! Thanks
garybb1, please correct the longitude value.