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    From Stumpy@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 31 14:02:36 2019
    I need to go out to a remote location and locate some corner markers. A
    real estate agent gave me GPS coordinates in decimal format that should
    work. On my home computer it works with Google maps. On my Android phone
    it doesn't. It changes the format that I input from decimal to degrees,
    minutes and seconds. It literally shows that one corner is West of
    Morroco and "can't find a way there".

    Does anyone know of an app that would show my current location and let
    me input Latitude and Longitude to direct me on foot? I can get within
    +-50' by eye but want to do better.

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  • From hubops@ccanoemail.ca@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 31 18:17:11 2019
    On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:02:36 -0800, Stumpy <perilmung@spamnet.con>
    wrote:

    I need to go out to a remote location and locate some corner markers. A
    real estate agent gave me GPS coordinates in decimal format that should
    work. On my home computer it works with Google maps. On my Android phone
    it doesn't. It changes the format that I input from decimal to degrees, >minutes and seconds. It literally shows that one corner is West of
    Morroco and "can't find a way there".

    Does anyone know of an app that would show my current location and let
    me input Latitude and Longitude to direct me on foot? I can get within
    +-50' by eye but want to do better.


    Google maps shows both - degrees & minutes
    down to 1/10 th of a second < 3 meters >
    John T.

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  • From Stumpy@21:1/5 to hubops@ccanoemail.ca on Thu Jan 31 17:09:29 2019
    On 1/31/19 3:17 PM, hubops@ccanoemail.ca wrote:
    On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:02:36 -0800, Stumpy <perilmung@spamnet.con>
    wrote:

    I need to go out to a remote location and locate some corner markers. A
    real estate agent gave me GPS coordinates in decimal format that should
    work. On my home computer it works with Google maps. On my Android phone
    it doesn't. It changes the format that I input from decimal to degrees,
    minutes and seconds. It literally shows that one corner is West of
    Morroco and "can't find a way there".

    Does anyone know of an app that would show my current location and let
    me input Latitude and Longitude to direct me on foot? I can get within
    +-50' by eye but want to do better.


    Google maps shows both - degrees & minutes
    down to 1/10 th of a second < 3 meters >
    John T.


    I converted all of the decimal lat/long to DMS on my desktop, wrote them
    down and tried to enter them on my phone. This time I ended up in China
    - near Zumadian. I just need to find the correct format to enter. No
    worries.

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  • From Stumpy@21:1/5 to Stumpy on Thu Jan 31 17:21:11 2019
    On 1/31/19 5:09 PM, Stumpy wrote:
    On 1/31/19 3:17 PM, hubops@ccanoemail.ca wrote >>
    ...


      Google maps shows both  -  degrees & minutes
    down  to      1/10 th  of a second   < 3 meters >
       John T.


    I converted all of the decimal lat/long to DMS on my desktop, wrote them
    down and tried to enter them on my phone. This time I ended up in China
    - near Zumadian. I just need to find the correct format to enter. No
    worries.

    Harder than I thought. Symbol for degrees is (hold down ALT while typing
    0176) and my phone has no ALT key.

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  • From Stumpy@21:1/5 to Stumpy on Fri Feb 1 10:40:52 2019
    On 1/31/19 5:21 PM, Stumpy wrote:
    On 1/31/19 5:09 PM, Stumpy wrote:
    On 1/31/19 3:17 PM, hubops@ccanoemail.ca wrote >>
    ...


      Google maps shows both  -  degrees & minutes
    down  to      1/10 th  of a second   < 3 meters >
       John T.


    I converted all of the decimal lat/long to DMS on my desktop, wrote
    them down and tried to enter them on my phone. This time I ended up in
    China - near Zumadian. I just need to find the correct format to
    enter. No worries.

    Harder than I thought. Symbol for degrees is (hold down ALT while typing 0176) and my phone has no ALT key.

    Never mind. Google maps works fine. I was picking locations too far away
    to see my current location. At highest level of zoom in satellite view I
    could verify small landmarks in a riverbed and big rocks in the trees.
    The refresh rate is quite slow. When I stop walking my marker dot jerks forward 3 more times before it settles down to my actual location. No
    GPS app needed.

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