Coolest Pool

tekit · 07-14-2005, 12:31 PM

Have a look at this swimming pool

30° 4'21.25"N
31°20'44.70"E

lxo · 07-14-2005, 01:27 PM

51.45304246553663,-0.1062441012009909

It has a well known water brand name written on its ground with black tiles.

Appletom · 07-14-2005, 01:52 PM

Ixo - how did you convert

51º27'10.95N, 0º06'22.48"
to
51.45304246553663,-0.1062441012009909 ?

Copy/pasting your string of numbers took me right to the Evian pool. I put the kmz file here

lxo · 07-14-2005, 03:02 PM

Hmm, I think I put a placemark (CTRL-N) and then copied it to the clipboard and to a text-editor. There you find the decimal coordinates in the <coordinates> tag. Beware that they are internally noted as lon/lat whereas the Google Earth search field expects lat/lon. So you have to swap the numbers.

I personally like the lon/lat notation because it resembles x/y. I think that's why the Keyhole programmers choosed it like this. "Correctly" spoken, people use lat/lon as a standard. That's why the Google Earth interface expects lat/lon.

If you are intending to convert degrees, hours, minutes to decimal degrees by hand (or with a small program) you have to convert the base from hours (60) and seconds (60) to 100. Have a look at Alltrans to play around with coordinate transformations. I could also give you some C++ code if that helped?

Appletom · 07-14-2005, 04:40 PM

It works! Thanks Ixo. (I first tried to open the kmz file in notepad - that didn't work. Right click and choose copy, then open Notepad and paste.)

It is so nice to have people far wiser than myself here on the GEH forums who are willing to share.

aquastor · 07-14-2005, 05:04 PM

So are we assuming that the pool is also *filled* with Evian?

Appletom · 07-14-2005, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Appletom

how did you convert
51º27'10.95N, 0º06'22.48"
to
51.45304246553663,-0.1062441012009909 ?

I discovered the secret! The answer is in this thread.

hypeserver · 07-18-2005, 09:35 PM

where do I search latatude and longitude?

hypeserver · 07-19-2005, 02:52 AM

nevermind I see how now.

07-14-2005, 12:31 PM	#1
tekit Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5	Coolest Pool Have a look at this swimming pool 30° 4'21.25"N 31°20'44.70"E

07-14-2005, 01:27 PM	#2
lxo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11	...or this one in London 51.45304246553663,-0.1062441012009909 It has a well known water brand name written on its ground with black tiles.

07-14-2005, 01:52 PM	#3
Appletom Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 1,051	Ixo - how did you convert 51º27'10.95N, 0º06'22.48" to 51.45304246553663,-0.1062441012009909 ? Copy/pasting your string of numbers took me right to the Evian pool. I put the kmz file here Last edited by Appletom; 07-14-2005 at 01:59 PM.

07-18-2005, 09:35 PM	#8
hypeserver Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 284	hmmmmm where do I search latatude and longitude?

07-19-2005, 02:52 AM	#9
hypeserver Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 284	oops nevermind I see how now. __________________ Check out the all new hYpe Entertainment to see some of my cool music remixes. Just go to To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-14-2005, 03:02 PM	#4
lxo Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11	Hmm, I think I put a placemark (CTRL-N) and then copied it to the clipboard and to a text-editor. There you find the decimal coordinates in the <coordinates> tag. Beware that they are internally noted as lon/lat whereas the Google Earth search field expects lat/lon. So you have to swap the numbers. I personally like the lon/lat notation because it resembles x/y. I think that's why the Keyhole programmers choosed it like this. "Correctly" spoken, people use lat/lon as a standard. That's why the Google Earth interface expects lat/lon. If you are intending to convert degrees, hours, minutes to decimal degrees by hand (or with a small program) you have to convert the base from hours (60) and seconds (60) to 100. Have a look at Alltrans to play around with coordinate transformations. I could also give you some C++ code if that helped?

07-14-2005, 04:40 PM	#5
Appletom Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 1,051	It works! Thanks Ixo. (I first tried to open the kmz file in notepad - that didn't work. Right click and choose copy, then open Notepad and paste.) It is so nice to have people far wiser than myself here on the GEH forums who are willing to share.

07-14-2005, 05:04 PM	#6
aquastor Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 73	So are we assuming that the pool is also filled with Evian?

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