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Old 05-15-2014, 09:25 AM   #21
Silbaugh4liberty
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Originally Posted by ceruleandrms View Post
True story here though I think it was my fault. I entered some coordinates I got off the web to my gps then transferred them to google earth to confirm I was in the right area in Malibu. My coordinates took me to a cemetery in the Philippines.
Longitude needs a minus in front of the number. Also, Google maps reads it in decimal points, so if you're inputting the degrees, minutes and seconds, it's not going to work, you have to convert to decimal. Download gps converter for free on the Google store.
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