What will the screen show at 0.00000 latitude

You will not see anything south of the US border as far as maps. Pressing Where Am I will report your position and reference it to the nearest locations in the map database.

Thanks. I'm not interested in getting somewhere with the Nuvi. I just want the photo op. So if it shows 00.0000 latitude and whatever the longitude is, that would be worth lugging it with us.

show zero latitude, but to get all zeros, you may have to move north or south slightly (slowly) and be ready to snap the screen shot at the correct instant

jgracey is correct. Both my 780 and 660 go to the relative position 00.00000; 00.00000 when selecting "where to" "coordinates". Both screens become blue until I zoom out when it changes to show a point off Gabon, Africa.

I have NA maps loaded for routing but world maps built into my units courtesy of Garmin. I say take your GPS with you for the shot of a lifetime.

I would ask it Where Am I and capture that position when you are in the neighborhood. Use pedestrian or off road and then route to the 0.0 latitude on whatever meridian of longitude you happen to be. You could then take the photo.

I will take that photo, or have my wife take it with me holding the Nuvi. I'll post it afte our return to the states on 12/22.

Cool!

Somebody may already have a picture of your likely location!

http://confluence.org/

Wow what a cool site, thanks for posting that link.

Miss POI

Just be aware that La Mitad del Mundo is NOT on the Equator, but about 0.14 miles >>south<< of the Equator!

Sorry.

Thanks for the warning, but yep, we know. We've hired a guide for a couple of days and he'll take us to the real Center of the World, which is on private land. But we'll stop in at the government owned and operated museum just for giggles.

Very neat site. Thanks for posting!

This is a cool site that tracks, names and gives altitude, speed, coordinates and orbit data for all satellites in real time - GPS, Television, Military, Weather, etc.

(Note: You will find that some satellites are placed right on the Equator with minimal movement whereas many are traveling at very high speeds.)

Very interesting!

http://www.n2yo.com

Indeed...very, very cool!

I think the website is cool too - really cool! I like seeing the satellites moving over Earth so quickly (many are traveling 25,000 mph and some zero) and seeing what altitude (15,000 to 25,000 miles) they are. All in real time. It's just amazing!!!

PS - After choosing a satellite don't forget to click on "Track it" to see the map and all the real-time data.

http://www.n2yo.com

I've been across the equator and back three times... I never had a GPS with me on any of the trips. I wish I would have had one. It would have been nice to know the instant I crossed the equator.

I flew Air New Zealand each time and they don't bother telling passengers when the plane crosses into the other hemisphere.

One real interesting intersection would be where the equator and the prime meridian meet.... It's in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa.

You'd be at 00.000N - 00.000W

0 N(S), 0 W(E) is located in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean near Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

True.. But there is no hard dividing line between the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic.. I used Atlantic cuz I figured more people would know where that was

This link shows N0 W0 on Google maps: http://tinyurl.com/yfsslbs

I understand. Here is a picture of what 0 N(S), 0W(E) looks like.

http://confluence.org/int/all/n00e000v3/%70%69%63%32.jpg

Cool thread and nice links! Thanks for sharing!

Glad you're enjoying the Satellite link. It's just amazing how technology is able to place a satellite in a particular orbit, some going 1,000s of mph and others just staying in place. Some at rather low altitude and others extremely high altitude. Some gathering information and others providing information. Some covert and others friendly. Incredible!

what a COOL site!!!!!!

Glad you like it. I saved the website to my [many] favorites a long time ago. Everytime I visit the site it amazes me.

I put Mitad del Mundo in Google Earth and moved my mouse till it read N0 0.000 W78 27.276.
This spot is on a road but you can take your mouse and move the mouse to see the other readings.
There are a lot of neat photos at this spot on Google Earth.
It is neat.

EDIT: I take and move my mouse left and right and all are at 0 0.000. Does this go all the way around the earth?

Just half way. Then it reads S0.000.

Yep, using Google Earth to track the equator is a hoot. We were told that the "real" equatorial monument and actual 0 degrees latitude is on a road by a pink house. Still looking for the house!

Well, we're back from Ecuador and the Galapagos. I have a great picture of me holding the GPS in a town called Calacali, and showing 00.00.0000 latitude. Elevation is 9271 feet and longitude is 78.30.897 W. But I don't think Miss POI wants us to post pics on the forum.

You'll just have to take my word for it!

You can upload it to a image host and post the link. I would love to see the picture!

Let's hope this works.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/photoPicker...

I can't see any photos. Do I need to create an account there to see anything?

A real easy way is to use imageshack.us to upload the picture. No account is needed to view or to share.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/M...

That link works ok. pretty cool.

One of my most treasured POI is the Grenwich Meridian logged on a quiet country road in England.
Hope to get the Equator one day.