Way O/T - Lat. Long.
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If I have the above information on a place, how can I find out where it is? I've done a trawl through the net but can't seem to find anything.
I assumed that out there somewhere I could go to a web site chuck in the bearings and up would pop a little map - bloody useless this web thingy
I assumed that out there somewhere I could go to a web site chuck in the bearings and up would pop a little map - bloody useless this web thingy
I once wrote a routine to convert from Lat and Long to OS grid ref (in mainland GB only). Not straightforward. If you're really interested I could dig it out. But try the Ordnance Survey.
Interestingly the routine was based on a method the OS published in a very simple 10 page booklet which they distributed free, several years ago. Now they publish the same method in a large A4 book at a cost of £10 or so.
Also vaguely interesting: In the booklet they say something like "The Earth is not a sphere, it is in fact a Geoid". In other words, Earth shaped, how helpful.
Interestingly the routine was based on a method the OS published in a very simple 10 page booklet which they distributed free, several years ago. Now they publish the same method in a large A4 book at a cost of £10 or so.
Also vaguely interesting: In the booklet they say something like "The Earth is not a sphere, it is in fact a Geoid". In other words, Earth shaped, how helpful.
Its a flippin nightmare tryin to convert simple lat/long into places on a map. Each country will use a slightly different technique for allowing for errors in measurement, datum recognition, that sort of thing.
Mind you, you should be able to pint yourself down to a town or city - most of em get it about that right!
Mind you, you should be able to pint yourself down to a town or city - most of em get it about that right!
Cheers guys - sorted. Streetmap did it, eventually.
And now you want to know why?
Nothing interesting, I was looking at the weather forecast for my area and it gave the measurements in real time from the given location and I wondered where it was. It's actually about 1.5 miles from my house so not too bad.
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And now you want to know why?
Nothing interesting, I was looking at the weather forecast for my area and it gave the measurements in real time from the given location and I wondered where it was. It's actually about 1.5 miles from my house so not too bad.
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