Notice that two responders have given you two different ways to interpret
these
numbers. Rather than rely on what is thought to be "normally" the case, I
would
check the manual for your GPS receiver to see how it documents the format of
the coordinates it produces. That way you can be sure.
HTH
Spencer
David Eagle wrote:
> I have friday afternoon syndrome (most days) but today moreso than ever...
I
> have a log file from a GPS reciever (vehicle tracking) that I want to plot
> onto a mapbase using MI (see portion below). However, MI doesn't like the
> way that the lat and long is expressed so I tried converting it but have
> thus far failed miserably as when plotted sections of my route appear
> correct but are in the sea, and my car is not amphibious...Can anybody
offer
> me any suggestions? As my understanding of lat and long is also very poor
> can someone explain what the figures below relate to deg:min:sec? or just
> degrees? Sorry?
> Time Lat Long Speed Trk
> $LOG,105154,5225.7339N,00201.1663W,20.0,344.0,FALSE,,,,
> $LOG,105209,5225.8010N,00201.1935W,17.7,345.0,FALSE,,,,
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