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  1. brucem76's Avatar
    brucem76
    Do any bb gps/nav apps support this? Was amazed to see that Vodafone Sat Nav and BB Maps don't seem to?

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    03-21-09 09:56 AM
  2. TheSultan's Avatar
    TheSultan
    The Sultan of CrackBerry
    You can certainly do it by address, but not lat/long. At least I haven't seen it yet...
    03-21-09 09:57 AM
  3. brucem76's Avatar
    brucem76
    Yeah, I want to enter lat/long - though this was a basic gps function?

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    03-21-09 09:58 AM
  4. Motorcycle Mama's Avatar
    Motorcycle Mama
    You can enter lat/long in Google Maps. No problem.
    03-21-09 10:55 AM
  5. FF22's Avatar
    FF22
    Ambassador
    I believe you can enter lat/long in BlackStar - check the gps subforum.
    03-21-09 11:44 AM
  7. dugggggg's Avatar
    dugggggg
    In BB Maps, open the menu, choose Find Location, then click on Advanced.

    In the Address field, enter the coordinates in the form lat,lon

    Don't forget the negative sign for west longitude (or south latitude).

    Example: 34.123,-110.567

    Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com
    06-13-10 11:13 PM
  8. ratlewhisk's Avatar
    ratlewhisk
    Hi,

    How do u use this cordinates??
    N25o42’ 40.56” E55o47’ 44.38”

    ren
    04-12-11 11:30 PM
  9. Motorcycle Mama's Avatar
    Motorcycle Mama
    Take the little "o" characters out.

    N25 42’ 40.56” E55 47’ 44.38” which is also equal to 25.708987,55.814685
    04-13-11 06:04 AM
  10. MrObvious's Avatar
    MrObvious
    Originally Posted by Motorcycle Mama
    Take the little "o" characters out.

    N25 42 40.56 E55 47 44.38 which is also equal to 25.708987,55.814685
    How do ya come up with that? I'm just curious.
    04-13-11 12:16 PM
  11. nealbscott's Avatar
    nealbscott
    Before they came up with the 'advanced' button, you would have to send yourself an email with a specially crafted URL in it. In turn, the URL would launch BB Maps:

    http:// maps.BlackBerry.com?lat=XX.XXXX&lon=-YY.YYYYYY&z=2&label=LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

    Where
    x=latitude
    y=longitude
    L=your ownshort 'friendly' nickname for the waypoint.
    Last edited by nealbscott; 04-13-11 at 02:06 PM.
    04-13-11 01:59 PM
  12. jeffh's Avatar
    jeffh
    Retired Moderator
    Originally Posted by MisterObvious
    How do ya come up with that? I'm just curious.
    1 second of arc is 1/60 minute of arc
    1 minute of arc is 1/60 degree of arc

    N25 42 40.56

    40.56 sec / 60 sec/min = 0.6760 minutes
    Add that to the whole minutes and you get 42.676 minutes.

    42.676 minutes / 60 min/deg = 0.7113 deg
    Add that to the whole degrees and you get 25.7113 deg

    The longitude can be converted by the same calculations.
    04-13-11 03:46 PM
  13. Motorcycle Mama's Avatar
    Motorcycle Mama
    Originally Posted by MisterObvious
    How do ya come up with that? I'm just curious.
    Google Maps.

    Enter the first coordinates. Then right click on the spot and select "What's here?"
    04-13-11 05:52 PM
  14. pkcable's Avatar
    pkcable
    Moved to GPS/Mapping
    04-14-11 10:08 AM
  15. luck67's Avatar
    luck67
    The simplest way to find the gps coordinates in several geocoding formats,

    map-gps-coordinates.com
    07-23-11 06:49 AM
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