Using coordinates to find something

[Appletom]

I cannot figure it out. Over in the "Great Things You've Found" topic, tekit put this posting up:

Have a look at this swimming pool -
30° 4'21.25"N
31°20'44.70"E

Is there an easy way to get there? Copy and pasting doesn't work. If I copy/paste and change it to 30.042125, 31.204470 GEarth takes me to a spot about 7 miles west of the swimming pool.

Am I missing something extremely obvious? Is the answer going to be something that I whack my forehead and go "Duh!"?

[Patroni]

There is a big difference between degrees in decimal format and degrees,minutes and seconds. I have no idea why GE displays one thing and expects you to input another.

To convert from minutes and second to decimal using the above as an example.

21.25/60 = 0.3542
+ 4 = 4.3542
/60 = 0.07257
+ 30 = 30.07257

[Appletom]

I truly enjoy meeting people who are far wiser than myself. Thank you Patroni for taking the time to explain this.

[Appletom]

I just discovered the secret! Highlight the coordinates in the first post in this topic -

30° 4'21.25"N
31°20'44.70"E

Highlight both lines. Right click and choose "Copy". Open GEarth. Right click in the search box. Choose "Paste" from the drop menu.

Now 30° 4'21.25"N 31°20'44.70"E is in your search box.

The secret is so simple I want to kick myself - put a comma after the "N" to separate the latitude from the longitude.

If the search box has 30° 4'21.25"N, 31°20'44.70"E (with the comma), it works. No comma, no work.

Too simple!

[Kerry]

I just discovered the secret! Highlight the coordinates in the first post in this topic -

30° 4'21.25"N
31°20'44.70"E

Highlight both lines. Right click and choose "Copy". Open GEarth. Right click in the search box. Choose "Paste" from the drop menu.

Now 30° 4'21.25"N 31°20'44.70"E is in your search box.

The secret is so simple I want to kick myself - put a comma after the "N" to separate the latitude from the longitude.

If the search box has 30° 4'21.25"N, 31°20'44.70"E (with the comma), it works. No comma, no work.

Too simple!

I did that and it worked for me!! Thanks for the tip!!

[RODGARCIA]

Hi i need some help, i'n trying to find this ship wreck (RIO MIAMI) all i have is
LORAN 14218.4 62144.6
GPS 25 42.165 80 05.233
I tried different ways but nothing i end up in land and far from miami.
THANKS ROD

[Appletom]

Take your GPS coordinates and put a comma after "42.165" to divide latitude and longitude. Then put a minus sign in front of "80" to let Google Earth know you want the western hemisphere.

So, putting 25 42.165, -80 05.233 will put you right on top of the shipwreck location.