GPS Longitude and Latitude does not agree with MapPoint

westbrooks
02-29-2004, 04:35 PM
I have tried a couple of GPS's and the Latitude and Longitude readings I get are different than those that show up under MapPoint or even Streets and Trips.
The GPS says I am at Lat 42.14965N, Lon 84.06055W
MapPoint says Lat 42.24933N, Lon 84.10100W
(the differences are the same whether the GPS is connected or not.)

Why the difference? The GPS is Magellian Meridian Platinum using WGS84

The other GPS I referenced was a Garmin etrex and gave coordinates similar to the Magellan.

Thanks

Eric Frost
02-29-2004, 05:20 PM
The GPS may be reporting in minutes and seconds, MapPoint reports the lat/lon in decimal.

See this for more information: http://www.mp2kmag.com/latlong.asp

Eric

 
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