some converters are....dodgy at best-
GE is a very very smart piece of software that stiches together drawings, pictures, scans, maps, photos all of various age/origin etc all together to give the impression of a 'real' map.
Use with those limitations in mind !!
I once received an sms saying "I am waiting for you here" with lat & long coords and , as I sat on the beach, looking west out to sea.... as the sun came down and stretched its orange glow over the gentle waves lapping the sand, I really tried hard to understand and see where he had parked his bike was waiting for me....  out there....
Life and Coordinates often gives us interesting and memorable moments!!!
Enjoy!
BTW- You can change the coords format in GE by looking in 'options'
see pic
and have a read of this here too-
"Ordnance Survey uses ‘OSGB-36’, based on an elliptical model of the earth’s surface which is a good fit to the UK. GPS systems generally use the world-wide ‘WGS-84’, based on an elliptical model which is a best approximation to the entire earth"
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Last edited by Bertrand; 2 Mar 2016 at 16:17.
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