[FADCA] ZIP

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This is probably due to the fact that the data entry
needs to be in either DD:MM:SS.sss format or DD.dddd
format your data is presently in the DDMM.mmm format.
A different datum can put you several hundred feet off
but not that far off.

One other point of note, all of these programs require
that anything west of 0' Lon be negative, or you end up
over in india somewhere. Most of them also want to see
leading zeros when the Lon is a 1 or two digit number.

Yes, I have a lot of fun ahead of me. Will do the zips
first then attach the lat/lon data.

If you can supply it to me in the following format I
would be most appreciative. Here is my lat long in
the DD.dddd format

27.945 -082.392 

If not the second preference is in the DDMM.mmm format
Here is a sample of a good one.

2655.730   -08221.733

This is Free's lat lon

Note that the degress and minutes are run together, that
is exactly how it comes out of the GPS in the NMEA string.

If you have a GPS you can probably tell it to output to your
screen in one of those formats, it maybe in the DDMM.mmm format
with the addition of the '  which is no big deal. Also if
you dump the NMEA data into a terminal program you will see the
position data in the $GPGGA and $GPRMC messages in the DDMM.mmm
format.


I am sorry I did not say this at the outset so as to avoid the
collection of all these formats. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Freeman Crosby [mailto:mail@fcrosby.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:07 PM
> To: fadca@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [FADCA] ZIP
> 
> 
> Hi Guys
> 
>  From my Garmin Street Pilot I get the following.
> 
> Call                Zip        Lat                         Lon 
>        Datum
> W1NPR       34223      26'55.730 N            082'21.733  W     WGS84
> 
> However when I put these in my Winaprs program it locates me 
> out in the bay 
> so I had to fudge those entries till I arrived on my street.
> 
> Guess that may have something to do with the Datum used by 
> Garmin and that 
> used by Winaprs ?
> 
> I contacted Garmin to determine the Datum, they said it was 
> not selectable 
> in the unit I have but is in some.
> 
> 73/Free
> W1NPR
> 
> 
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