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
-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Denham
Thanks Steve:
Because I am new to game, how do i find out the degrees? My only info
is from cache listing.
----- Original Message -----
From: AZcachemeister <
mailto:azcachemeister@getnet.com>
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
<
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=33.29
8483&longitude=-111.31105> 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)
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