pontiac1940
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jul 27, 2021 16:50:22 GMT
I wish they had is the Latitudes and Longitudes grid. Pretty sure you know this....the co-ords for where the cursor hand is located are displayed at the bottom of the page.  |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Jul 27, 2021 20:22:45 GMT
I wish they had is the Latitudes and Longitudes grid. Pretty sure you know this....the co-ords for where the cursor hand is located are displayed at the bottom of the page. That is beyond me knowing how to use those weird numbers...... |
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 28, 2021 12:19:39 GMT
That is beyond me knowing how to use those weird numbers...... The numbers pointed to on the bottom edge are the Latitude and Longitude for wherever the cursor is currently at on the map. There are now two (actually several more) ways of depicting the coordinates; my preferred way = Degrees/Minutes/Seconds, as shown in the picture provided by pontiac; and, more commonly used in the digital world = Decimal Coordinates There is a switch in Google Earth Pro preferences that will allow you to select your preferred method; there is also a switch that will allow you to choose either Feet (my preference) or Meters for Altitude I am adamant about ACCURATELY adding GPS coordinates to all of my photos (my wife calls it obsessive - it would be better if more people were obsessive); with good accurate GPS data stored within the metadata, when viewing in FastStone, I can click the little globe icon, Google Earth Pro will immediately fire up, and absolutely fly to the position and zoom in close. I don't understand why; but, when called from FastStone, Google Earth Pro will open from a dead start and pinpoint a location much quicker than if I just start it the normal way. |
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WayneS
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Post by WayneS on Aug 1, 2021 0:31:18 GMT
Something else to consider for locations of your pictures is a unique program called what3words.com The Developers have divided the entire world into 3 metre squares and gave each square a unique combination of three words, allowing you to pinpoint an exact location, and likely easier to remember than lat and long numbers. It is relatively new, and many emergency services are starting to use it. what3words.com/aboutTo download what3words.com/products/what3words-app/ |
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