Medium fiery lizards.

It is a useful tool and a huge advance in bringing location finding to the masses. Having spent a lifetime sailing and hillwalking I am probably old school or a snob as I still prefer to use lat and long or OS grid.

I have always found this website handy for getting conversions done.

Get Lat Long from Address Convert Address to Coordinates

A handy tool to get lat long from address, helps you to convert address to coordinates (latitude longitude) on map, also calculates the gps coordinates.
www.latlong.net www.latlong.net

Davy
 
mariesnowgoose said:
No, I understand that thanks, got there with the first post and tested it out straight away (y)

I meant number14's post about WGS84?
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Ah I see. World Geodetic System 84 is the worldwide position coordinate system - best to do an internet search for a more erudite explanation than I can give.
GPS devices report their position using this standard but you don't need GPS to use it. Marine charts are calibrated to the WGS84 grid. When I was a yachtie I had to learn to plot courses using just the chart, compass, ruler and dividers but plotted positions were always quoted to WGS84.
 
Petes said:
Maybe to be aware of if you give your location from a uk app to a Frenchman using his french version it will take you somewhere else.
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I need to rescind my comment, if you now paste in a location it gives you all the locations it could be by country so hopefully you know the country it was generated in.
 
maingate said:
W3W originated in South Africa I believe. I did not know that Google got hold of it (allegedly). I think that is just a lie put about by the owners of Linux. :D
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You would be surprised what they and facebook and m/soft own, big law suet going on at moment in the USA to try brake them up and stop them selling third party data which is of course all your private details they snip of you PC. ;)
 
trevskoda said:
You would be surprised what they and facebook and m/soft own, big law suet going on at moment in the USA to try brake them up and stop them selling third party data which is of course all your private details they snip of you PC. ;)
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Trev, I have no doubt you're right.

Thing is I ain't bothered.
I don't store any 'private details' on my laptop that could be used against me, or, more importantly, for identity/financial theft.
My basic details - name & address, possibly phone numbers - they're welcome to.

As for unwanted marketing/advertising, anyone trying to get me to buy 'stuff' from the various white noise digital marketing that goes on all over the web is !00% wasting their time. 😜🖕
 
TeamRienza said:
It is a useful tool and a huge advance in bringing location finding to the masses. Having spent a lifetime sailing and hillwalking I am probably old school or a snob as I still prefer to use lat and long or OS grid.

I have always found this website handy for getting conversions done.

Get Lat Long from Address Convert Address to Coordinates

A handy tool to get lat long from address, helps you to convert address to coordinates (latitude longitude) on map, also calculates the gps coordinates.
www.latlong.net www.latlong.net

Davy
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Thanks , I can do the same with Mr & mrs google
But this is so very quick ..saved on the PC
I have othert toys on my phone which are also quick and easy
GPS waypoints
and
My Tracks
Both allow you to record a route walking or driving.For recording stopovers I use maps.me
So many handy apps for "GPS geeks"
 
We were watching a program about the incredible people who are the Cairngorm Rescue team. Seeing them do a line search in 80 mile an hour winds was impressive to say the least in a blizzard to boot. Now lets be realistic here please. The trusty map in those conditions is utterly useless. It would hare blown out the hand in a blink. You are cold, actually you are very likely dying of cold, hypothermic, and so how do you tell the rescue services where you are? The three word app literally would save your life and more help the team NOT to lose theirs looking for you. Many years ago I was shown a short film starring Sharron Davies in the submarine rescue training tank at Portsmouth. A RN film for submariners. Sharron was swimming in a tank of cold water in her normal suit and in under five minutes this Olympic swimmer was losing her coordination, badly actually. It made a big impression on all of us as to how fast the cold takes away what you think of as normal. Your reactions go your thinking goes and you get disorientated very fast. Yep that app is on my phone and no I didn't pay for it, it's FREE. Don't be silly, add it to yours.
 
mariesnowgoose said:
Trev, I have no doubt you're right.

Thing is I ain't bothered.
I don't store any 'private details' on my laptop that could be used against me, or, more importantly, for identity/financial theft.
My basic details - name & address, possibly phone numbers - they're welcome to.

As for unwanted marketing/advertising, anyone trying to get me to buy 'stuff' from the various white noise digital marketing that goes on all over the web is !00% wasting their time. 😜🖕
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All my banking and biz is done on line so i must have the tightest pc possible, duck duck go privicy essentials and ghostery, all outgoings are encripted, all incoming is screened and any nasties stopped. ;)
 
@Borders2 As it happens I have it downloaded to my phone, however in view of the potential for lack of signal or indeed the paltry lifespan of a charge on a modern smartphone (I also carry my non smart phone with a week long battery life) it behoves people to have a basic knowledge of non electronic navigation skills. The basis of good navigation, to my mind, requires that you know roughly where you are at any given time. This usually involves a proper route card with tick offs, catching features and escape routes. I see too many people climbing our local 850m relatively constant gradient Slieve Donard ‘because it is the highest’ in the range, asking how far etc, in trainers, flip flops, etc with no equipment never mind a map. Totally dependant on modern electronics and our Mourne mountain rescue team. I accept your point though of Sharon Davies, although in some ways her predicament is not surprising. A short distance sprinter in a heated pool who may, or may not, have understood the difference in what she was going to be subjected to.

Davy
 
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