Hi Debbie,

There are a few ways that a GPS can handle coordinates. Usually, you are using the default, which is what is the common datum for geocaching.

A quick way I have of verifying the coordinates is to go to maps.google.com and paste the coordinates there. I pasted the coordinates in and got the following....

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=34.45396185,+-111.25077724&ll=34.533712,-111.253052&spn=1.8915,5.482178

The trick you have to remember is that we are in the western hemisphere so the second data set needs to be converted to a negative number to make it West.

This explaination can get really complicated, so I opted to make it simple and to the point. You could go into your GPS unit and change the dataset, but if you have an internet connection handy, its faster just to load a webpage.

Google maps does a pretty good job of figuring out what you are looking for based on the data you input... so I'm hoping that you were looking for something in the just north of Payson area.

I hope this helps.

Jake - Team A.I.

On 4/10/06, Debbie <maillade@cox.net> wrote:

I sent away for the AZ trail map co-ordinates and I can't seem to decipher them!

Here is one 34.45396185

111.25077724

not sure what these are? not longitude and lattitude that I use in the gps, to change the preference what do I change it to?

I hope someone can understand what I am asking??

Thanx

Debbie

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