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latitude and longitude

Posted: Wed 08 Jan 2014 6:01 pm
by Diane
This has probably been adressed previously, but I cannot locate an answer. I tried to enter my latitude and longitude in the little boxes. They only accept 2 numbers/letters. Since my longitude is a -120 etc how do I enter that? I do not understand the instructions very well. Thank you for your help. A lot of this is way over my head and I will probably be asking a lot more questions if I cannot find a very simple answer in the FAQ. Many thanks.

Re: latitude and longitude

Posted: Wed 08 Jan 2014 6:08 pm
by steve
You need to enter degrees, minutes, and seconds, and whether you are North or South of the equator, and East or West of the Prime Meridian (Greenwich). A longitude of -120 means you are West of the meridian, so you'll need to put W in Cumulus.

If you only have your co-ordinates in decimal degrees, you can convert them to DMS here: http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/convert_lat_long/

Re: latitude and longitude

Posted: Wed 08 Jan 2014 7:11 pm
by Diane
Thank you very much. Now the sun rises at the correct time!!! :D :clap: