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Some GPS devices allow you to enter the lat/lon coordinates of the place you want to
go to, and some don't. Different GPS devices have different procedures for entering
those numbers. If your device is able to take coordinates as input, the procedure is
clearly described in the operation manual that came with it when you bought it.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoTechnically and mathematically, there's no such thing as 'exact' lat/long. The real
question is always "How close is it to exact ?"
An example that always impressed us is the story of the construction crews who
dug the "Chunnel" ... the railroad tunnel under the English Channel that connects
England and France. The story as we understand it says that guided by GPS and
some pretty capable land surveyors, English crews dug south from the coast of
England, French crews dug north from the coast of France, and when they met
in the middle under the English Channel, they disagreed side-to-side by less
than 1 inch.
A high-quality (read "expensive") surveyor-grade GPS receiver operating in
differential mode can read it within a fraction of an inch.
A consumer-grade (hiker's, geocacher's, outdoorsy etc.) instrument, with WAAS
enabled, receiving a good number of satellites and set in one spot for a few minutes,
will read lat/long correct within a foot or two, but you should ignore its opinion of
the elevation.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoYes it can. Most GPS devices have a choice of latitude/longitude available
somewhere among all the various information items available for display.
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoYes, it can do so with an accuracy of a few meters.
Wiki User
∙ 16y agoYes, both.
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How do you get latitude and longitude on Google Maps?
you get a decent GPS and put in the longitude and latitude of the place you want to go to. then you go in the direction that the GPS tells you until you are right on top of the coordinates you put in.
Can gps receivers calculate altitude?
Depends on the GPS device. Although ALL of them do have the raw data received from the satellites in order to calculate it, you would have to to consult your specific device to know if it will to provide the user with that information. Simply put, a GPS is time data receiver. It receives time data from many satellites and according to the time it took from the data to get to the device ( always some milliseconds), it calculates the distance from each one of them. Once it has determined the distance from at least a number of satellites (usually at least 4), a mathematical function will determine the exact 3-dimensional position of the GPS itself; that is Latitude, longitude and altitude. All you will have to do is determine whether a specific GPS brand and model will display the altitude numbers also or only latitude and longitude.
What is latitude and longitude of Nile delta?
30°54′N 31°7′E should put in the middle of the Nile Delta.
In which body of water is 15 degrees south and 75 degrees south?
15 S 75 74 E is the Indian Ocean.You have to put latitude and longitude, not two lines of latitude, as in the question.
Longitude of Australia?
The latitude and longitude of the capital Canberra is latitude 35.18 Longitude is 149.08about 135 degrees
How do you get music onto my gps?
You can't put music on a GPS. It isn't an MP3 player.
What are the 3ways of getting the exact location of a place?
You can go to http://geocoder.us/ put in the street address and find the latitude & longitude of any US address for use in gps receiver. This is as close to exact as you can get.
Is there a website where you can put in longitude and latitude and see the city?
google earth
Who put the lines of longitude and latitude on the map?
The cartographer, publisher, or printer of the map does that.
How do you get latitude and longitude on Google Maps?
you get a decent GPS and put in the longitude and latitude of the place you want to go to. then you go in the direction that the GPS tells you until you are right on top of the coordinates you put in.
Can gps receivers calculate altitude?
Depends on the GPS device. Although ALL of them do have the raw data received from the satellites in order to calculate it, you would have to to consult your specific device to know if it will to provide the user with that information. Simply put, a GPS is time data receiver. It receives time data from many satellites and according to the time it took from the data to get to the device ( always some milliseconds), it calculates the distance from each one of them. Once it has determined the distance from at least a number of satellites (usually at least 4), a mathematical function will determine the exact 3-dimensional position of the GPS itself; that is Latitude, longitude and altitude. All you will have to do is determine whether a specific GPS brand and model will display the altitude numbers also or only latitude and longitude.
What is Madagascar's absolute location using longitude and latitude?
471 693 put it invthe contontron and it will show you
What country is located at 35 degrees north latitude and 105 degrees east longitude?
That would put you in China.
How do latitude and longitude lines help you find points on a map?
because when you put them together you get a graph and the points on the graph are your answer
What is latitude and longitude of springfield?
There are a number of cities in the US named Springfield. Please put the name of the state in your question.
How is coordinate geometry used in real life?
There are many things which are depend on coordinate geometry, for example when a person or government wants to find where a place is situated, or the location of a person, longitude and latitude coordinates can be used to find them. The whole globe is based on longitude and latitude - where the lines of longitude and latitude meet is a coordinate.For example, it is possible to find the longitude and latitude of a place and then use those coordinates to find the place on a map. The location could also be put into a sat-nav device which uses its current longitude and latitude coordinates to work out a route to the destination - all in little steps between different coordinates.
What is Mexico's longitude and latitude?
Mexico is a huge country, one fifth of the size of the United States, or roughly the same size of Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany put together. Latitude and longitude of its geographic center is (23.919722, -102.162500).
