Setting lat/long in cumulus

[mayo.mick]

Hi steve, first time posting so i hope i'm in the right place.
I recently bought a weather station from maplan n96fy, from what i've read in here i think its a WH 1080/81?
The problem i have is when i try to set the lat/long for my location it keeps reverting to 54.34.32 N 9.35.30 E which is somewhere in mexico
Any help would save the remaining hair that i have left

[steve]

I recently bought a weather station from maplan n96fy, from what i've read in here i think its a WH 1080/81?

Yes, that's right.

The problem i have is when i try to set the lat/long for my location it keeps reverting to 54.34.32 N 9.35.30 E which is somewhere in mexico

54° 34' 32" N, 9° 35' 30" E is in Germany; Mexico is West of Greenwich.

But anyway; you haven't said what your co-ordinates actually are. Taking Castlebar, which according to Wikipedia is at 53° 51′ 38″ N, 9° 17′ 55″ W, so you put it into Cumulus like this:

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[mayo.mick]

Cooridanates are lat: 53.94326782N long: -8.95304775W
What i enter is 53 94 32 N -8 95 30W
Every time i enter this it reverts back to 54 34 32N 6 24 30 E

Thanks,
mick.

[steve]

You're trying to put decimal degrees into a form that's asking for degrees/minutes/seconds.

53.94326782 degrees is 53° 56′ 36″ N
-8.95304775 degrees is 8° 57′ 11″ W

Station settings_2011-06-27_21-04-00.png

[mayo.mick]

Thanks steve, got it sorted.
Now just waiting for it to go live on wunderground, registered it yesterday, station ID IMAYOSW12.

Thanks,
mick.

[haveachat_tas]

Hi there, I am a new user and this was the best thread I could find.
I am in Australia and trying to set my location and Cumulas will not allow me to add the correct location?

Here is my correct location
-43.026518
147.259101

-43-1-35.4648
147-15-32.763

Here is my current setting in the application and I am unable to insert the minus

Location.png

Thank you for any assistance that can be provided - maybe I am just missing something?

[steve]

Here is my current setting in the application and I am unable to insert the minus

You can't use a minus sign, you have to give your 'hemisphere' - as discussed earlier in this thread.

-43.026518 is 43 1 35 S
147.259101 is 147 15 33 E

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic ... conversion

[haveachat_tas]

Thank you much appreciated

I think it may have been a case of reading too much too fast...

Thanks again!

http://www.margatefirebrigade.com/Marga ... e/weather/

[sunnyboy]

Hi guys this is way over my head has a newbie user with the maplin station but I am having same problem its telling me i'm in Germany LOL. Well i am in west sussex uk and my latitude is 50.8752163 and longitude is -0.7864893 the closest i,ve been is Kent just cant get me head around the working outs...thanks for help guys and it working a dream (i think)

[steve]

my latitude is 50.8752163 and longitude is -0.7864893

That's 50deg 52min 31sec North, 0deg 47min 11sec West.

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[sunnyboy]

Can I just say a big thankyou to steve for your very promt and quick help on setting the lat/long for me, just great to know theres help round the corner