Right, you will have to convert your DDMM.MM numbers into DD.DDD numbers. If the coordinates are West or South, they need to be multiplied by -1.
So, the formula is (W?S? then -1) * (DD + (MM.MMM / 60)) = DD.DDD P Quoting Andy Czerwonka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks. That perfect. The only thing now is to deal with the coordinate > system I think. GPS comes in in Lat/Long, but I see there a negative number > for the coordinate. I have to get: > > >> 4916.46,N Latitude 49 deg. 16.45 min. North > >> 12311.12,W Longitude 123 deg. 11.12 min. West > > into a proper coordinate number. For example, uDig shows diffent numbers > (negative numbers) and GPS coordinate need to be transformed first. I > know - stup question - but for a geospatial newbie, relevent. Apologies in > advance. > > "Jesse Eichar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > > > So what exactly are you trying to do here? Just transform from a point > > in world space to a coordinate on the screen? If that is the case then > > you can use one of the context's worldToPoint() methods to make the > > transformation. Look at the AbstractContext interface for the code if > > you don't want to use the context methods directly (you can create a > > ToolContext with the method: ApplicationGIS.createContext(map). Also > > all MapGraphics have access to a MapGraphics context. A final place to > > look is the layer's layerToMapTransform(). > > > > > > Jesse > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel > _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
