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Hollow503

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i need a app that will allow me to input a longitude and latitude and give me directions to that place. i know there are apps out there that will tell you the L&L of the place you are and such but i cant find one that will guide you too it.

thanks for any help.
 
Hello Hollow...can you give me a real life example of what you are trying to achieve here. I don't have friends that ask me to meet them at an L&L. Perhaps I am missing out on something here...
 
Clevo89 said:
Hello Hollow...can you give me a real life example of what you are trying to achieve here. I don't have friends that ask me to meet them at an L&L. Perhaps I am missing out on something here...
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Geocahing or something similar, I would imagine. Someone hides something at x L&L, then you go there and try to find it.
 
Hrethgir said:
Geocahing or something similar, I would imagine. Someone hides something at x L&L, then you go there and try to find it.
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In the Boy Scouts we used to call it a fox hunt. Tracking colored clues or aluminum foil signs through the forest. In the army in the seventies we did the same thing with compasses, geomath rulers, and general staff maps. That was called Tracking & Reconnaissance. It was an 'art'. :D No, really: I had it down to 3 feet accuracy, at one point! :p
Now everybody and his aunt does it with digital smartphones and GPS systems doing the heavy lifting, and thinking, for them... :(

...until the GPS satellites start dropping out of the sky... in 2013...:D
 
Yes, Google Maps works well. I used it the other day, lost my phone, Zoner AV sent me the lat and long of it as a Google Maps link. Was within 10 feet!
 
yup geocahing and hunting it what it will be used for. i've looked all over in google maps and maybe i'm just stupid but i cant find a place to put in L&L anywhere... when i look at my google maps it has a little pin point symbol, 3 sheets of paper and a compass. Perhaps if someone could give me step by step on how to get to the page where i enter L&L that could really help me out.

and also another concern is being able to use this while i am out in the woods finding a tree stand or such for hunting and am outside the range of a tower.

thank you again!

also im using a samsung epic 4G
 
Just plug the lat and log into the URL like:

37.771008,-122.41175 - Google Maps

or just put 37.771008,-122.41175 in the search bar in Maps.


Hollow503 said:
yup geocahing and hunting it what it will be used for. i've looked all over in google maps and maybe i'm just stupid but i cant find a place to put in L&L anywhere... when i look at my google maps it has a little pin point symbol, 3 sheets of paper and a compass. Perhaps if someone could give me step by step on how to get to the page where i enter L&L that could really help me out.

and also another concern is being able to use this while i am out in the woods finding a tree stand or such for hunting and am outside the range of a tower.

thank you again!

also im using a samsung epic 4G
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If you want put coordinates in Google Maps:
Use this format for to put the coordinates in the search window of Maps:
loc:12.3456789,12.3456789

Why "loc:" in front of the coordinates?
Without "loc:" in front of the coordinates, Google Maps would show in the map the road/address next to the coordinates.
With "loc:" Maps will show the exact point in the map.
It's important when you are in the "wilderness" :)

loc:12.3456789,12.3456789
The same would do
12.3456789,12.3456789(MyPlace)
"MyPlace" stands for any text.

As I know, with a decimal input there is no need for an additional N, S, E or W.
West of Greenwich longitude needs a minus sign and so also latitude needs it for south of equator.

Harry
 
If I type:-

loc:51.412660,0.100894

into Google Earth on my Pc or Google Maps on my HTC Desire I end up at:-

51 24 45.58 N 0 06 03.26 E

even though the label on Earth and Maps shows 51.412660,0.100894

What am I doing wrong?

BTW if you are in England and want a real English Country Pub with excellent Real Ale (properly looked after by a knowledgeable barman, Dave) and home cooked food (by Jean his wife) go to to the coordinates Loc:51.412660,0.100894; The Mole Trap.
 
Thank you

By entering:-

loc:51.690722,0.16915

I get within 20 feet of my favourite parking spot; I suppose I can walk from there?
 
Harry2 said:
If you want put coordinates in Google Maps:
Use this format for to put the coordinates in the search window of Maps:
loc:12.3456789,12.3456789

Why "loc:" in front of the coordinates?
Without "loc:" in front of the coordinates, Google Maps would show in the map the road/address next to the coordinates.
With "loc:" Maps will show the exact point in the map.
It's important when you are in the "wilderness" :)

loc:12.3456789,12.3456789
The same would do
12.3456789,12.3456789(MyPlace)
"MyPlace" stands for any text.

As I know, with a decimal input there is no need for an additional N, S, E or W.
West of Greenwich longitude needs a minus sign and so also latitude needs it for south of equator.

Harry
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Have tried all the suggestions, but my android phone only accepts (shows) the latitude and ignores the longitude. Any ideas?
 
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