long./lat.

 

trying to get a new poi on the site and it wants a log/lat. number in decimals ,i typed in as it is on the gps and it wont take it ,it say it must be in usa or canada ,any suggestions?

Did you remember

Did you remember to put the minus (-) sign in front of the longitude ?????
Format should be :
Example:
-longitude,latitude
-75.12345,33.76543

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Coordinates can be expressed in several different formats. They are most commonly Degrees Minutes Seconds (DDD MM SS), Decimal Degrees (DDD.DDDD), or Degrees Decimal Minutes (DDD MM.MMM). The last format is the most common in current GPS models. The second one is the one we use in Custom POI files.

Degrees, Minutes and Seconds
DDD° MM' SS.S"
N 32° 18' 23.1" W 122° 36' 52.5"

Decimal Degrees
DDD.DDDDD°
N 32.30642° W 122.61458°

Degrees and Decimal Minutes
DDD° MM.MMM'
N 32° 18.385' W 122° 36.875'

You can covert between formats using these online tools.

http://www.cosports.com/tools/gps_coords.htm

http://www.jeeep.com/details/coord/

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html

Now, one thing to be sure that you do is to make sure that you have the coordinates in the correct order.

Ordinarily, coordinates are given as lat, long but for POI files the longitude comes first then the latitude.

nvrlate22 Can you give a one

nvrlate22
Can you give a one line example of the data you are using for the poi

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