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Originally Posted by ridetheworld
Confusing title, basically when I find GPS coordinates, they are usually as so;
9.2512833,-83.8635667
But on my eTrex 20, when I try to enter them in, they are in a different format, as so;
N 09 15.077 W 083 51.814
In the preferences - Position Format - they are set to;
hddd°mm.mmm
WGS 84
WGS 84
- Sort of confused, changing these does not seem to make a difference. Can anyone explain? I tried searching this but no luck.
Many thanks,
Rtw
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Greetings RTW
In the menu does your Settings > Position Format give you the option to change hddd°mm.mmm to hddd.ddddd° ?
If it does change it, and that will give you the simple decimal degree number (ddd.ddddd°) with a hemisphere (h)
To translate the hemisphere
N = +
S = -
E = +
W = -
You can see how it works using the latitude/longitude you gave.
I would assume that the Map Datum would stay the same (WGS 84) it does on my 60csx.
When I want to add a waypoint manually to my GPS using the lat/lon coords, I can add/edit the coords using the keypad.
I don't know if this is what you are trying to do?
Good Luck
IanJ
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