Howard, Here's a bit more detail. On
the MapQuest.com home page there is a "MAPS" icon at the top
right corner. Click on that to get to the maps page. About half way
down on the left are options. Click "Map by Lat/Long". You have two
choices: Degrees, Minutes, Second or Decimal Degrees. In either case,
remember that because we are in the Western hemisphere, Degrees Longitude must
be entered as a negative. FYI, some sites/software let you enter N/S/E/W,
others make you specify + or -.
To
convert coordinates, just remember that there are 60 minutes in a degree and 60
seconds in a minute. Then the math is easy.
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: 60 * .909 =
55 60 * .663 = 40
Latitude: D = 33 M =
17 S = 55
Longitude: D =
-111 M = 18 S = 40
Degrees: 17.909 / 60 =
.2985 18.663 / 60 = .3111
Latitude: D = 33.2985
Longitude: D =
-111.3111
Hope
that was helpful,
CacheLess
Bill
Tomlinson
Thanks Steve:
Because I am new to game, how do i find out the
degrees? My only info is from cache listing.
----- Original Message -----
Mapquest prefers decimal degrees
rather than decimal minutes.
You can click on the map on each cache page
to go to the mapquest map for that cache.
Here
is a link to the one for Queen of the
Hill.
Steve
Howard Denham wrote:
I have tried to use map quest to get a
map. Can not seem to get system to give me a map. Suppose I
wanted to get the following map using:
N 33 17.909 W111 18.663 (Queen of the Hill
Cache)
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Howard (Viejo
Sarg)