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Help me figure out these co-ordinates?

  • 16-07-2010 12:05AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I took a gps tagged pic last year I think, looking at the metadata, I see funny looking co-ordinates (see image).

    How do I make sense of these and convert them to a decimal format so that I can use them in google maps etc?

    Many thanks

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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭mrmac


    The simplest method for using on google maps, is what you already have - just lose a pile of "0"s. Round those crazy decimals up, as you shouldn't need any more than 4 places.

    Paste any of these into google maps

    A) 53°22'14.7900", -007°48'55.9001" (Degrees, Minutes & Seconds)

    B) 53°22.24650', -007°48.93167' (Degrees & Minutes)

    C) 53.3707750°, -007.8155278° (Degrees, Lat & Long)

    This is of course, assuming that the pic was taken in Ireland, i.e the -007 degrees.
    If it's not -007 degrees, but plus 007 degrees, then the pic was taken somewhere in northern Netherlands! :)

    HTH


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭dnme


    Thanks for the reply, it's the formatting and the rounding that get's me and also why is the latitude a minus number? (and why not a minus number on the photos metadata?)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭mrmac


    It could be the way the gps unit is setup. What did you use? It may not have the ability to record a minus symbol, but it should have a "W" in there somewhere to indicate West. You often see W 007, without a "-" which is the same thing.

    E.G. N53°22'14.7900", W007°48'55.9001" will get you the same location in google maps.

    By right, you could have a + or - Lat. and Long.

    + Lat. is North of the equater, - Lat is South

    + Long. is East of Greenwich, England, and - Long. is West.

    HTH :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,438 ✭✭✭dnme


    Thanks mrmac

    I used a HTC Touch HD with Windows Mobile


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,967 ✭✭✭mrmac


    Oh, way too fancy for me! :)

    /goes for a rummage!

    I have an ATP Photo Finder Mini yoke, that will geotag your pics. I must hook it up someday and figure out how it works!


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