Help with long/lat and time zone

[Sirius_Starseed]

My 130P Supatrak has now been converted to a Goto I bought a Synscan handset off a fellow member on here for a great price and to my surprise I've just plugged it into my Supatrak mount and it works fine.

However, I need to enter the long/lat and also the time zone.

Am I right in thinking the time zone is +0.00? You can't add GMT or anything like that it's just numbers and + or -

I've just typed in my long/lat on the computer and my area comes up as this (does this look about right) - LAT: -1.13 & LONG: 52.93

However, on the handset all those digits can't fit in and there's also N, E, S & W to enter. Have I got it right like this - LAT: 1 13W & LONG: 53 00N

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

[milkyjoe]

Try here... Latitude And Longitude Lookup

[Shibby]

Here's a tip, right-click on your precise location on Google Maps and click "what's here". Then click on the green arrow and it pops up the long/lat in deg min & secs.

[Sirius_Starseed]

Try here... Latitude And Longitude Lookup

I don't get it... how do I know if I'm a N, S, E or W I was never one for geography.

This is the one I used - Find latitude and longitude with Google Maps

I just type in my postcode and clicked find.

What about the time zone? I think that's right.

[Sirius_Starseed]

Here's a tip, right-click on your precise location on Google Maps and click "what's here". Then click on the green arrow and it pops up the long/lat in deg min & secs.

Yes, it's coming up the same but it's the North, East, South, West bit I don't get. After I enter the latitude I have to put N, E, S or W and then the same for the longitude

[Shibby]

Ah, ok, that is represented by the sign. + represents East or North and - represents South or West. Hope that helps.

[Sirius_Starseed]

Ah, ok, that is represented by the sign. + represents East or North and - represents South or West. Hope that helps.

I pretty much get it now. Mine seem to be North and West.

Thanks for your help!

[Capricorn]

No-one seems to have pointed out but:

It appears that you have swapped Lat and Long. I would expect Long: -1.132677 & Lat: 52.931731

Meaning 1.13 East and 52.93 N (Kings Lynn - Norwich ?)

Just realised that -ve Long is often West using -ve implies more to do with the local time, depends on the software.

Nottingham is probably 52.93 North 1.13 West

[Cornelius Varley]

For Nottingham enter your coordinates as 001 09 W, 52 56 N. Time zone is +0 00, DST is on (until the last Sunday in October).

Peter

[Sirius_Starseed]

For Nottingham enter your coordinates as 001 09 W, 52 56 N. Time zone is +0 00, DST is on (until the last Sunday in October).

Peter

Thanks for that. Does it have to be my exact area i.e. my postcode or can I do it for Nottingham?

So basically is degrees and minutes?

Thanks again!

[Cornelius Varley]

Your postcode would give you a more accurate location. Just enter the degrees and minutes into the handset ignoring the seconds.

Peter

[Sirius_Starseed]

Your postcode would give you a more accurate location. Just enter the degrees and minutes into the handset ignoring the seconds.

Peter

I understand now. Thank you for your help, it's much appreciated!

[matthewota]

I just remembered that you guys live near the Prime Meridian. 0 Longitude and 0 time zone shift (GMT). I'm way over at 118 degrees west and -8 GMT.

[yeti monster]

It's not called the prime meridian for nothing!