Thanks for that. I'll have to avoid DMS for now, that's not quite enough pr=
ecision.
I need DMS to enter data into a particular online database I use, and conve=
rting coordinates is a nuisance, so I've contacted the authors to see if th=
ey can add a couple of decimal places to it.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Mike Rooke
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2013 7:04 AM
> To:
> Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: Coordinates from iPhone
>
>
>
> Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
> Degrees, Minutes (4 digits after the decimal point) Degrees
> and 6 digits after the decimal point UTM MGRS and OSGB if in UK.
>
> Manual is here for further info:
> http://gps.motionx.com/downloads/MotionX-GPS-Manual.pdf
>
> BR
> -Mike
>
> --- In
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com> , Peter Shute
> <> wrote:
> >
> > I was going to try that one because my google searches
> found several references to hikers using it. I think I can
> afford 99 cents. Can it display to 1/10 or 1/100 of a second?
> >
> > I find the App Store to be a bit of a jungle, with lots of
> apps not really doing much other than acting as a vehicle for
> ads, and the ratings and reviews obviously rigged.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On 25/06/2013, at 8:29 PM, "Mike Rooke"
> <<>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Theres quiet a few but GPS Motion X is my favorite thats
> been reliable and with me since I brought my iPhone.
> >
> > http://news.motionx.com/category/motionx-gps/
> >
> > If buying the app is out of the question then this may help further:
> >
> >
> http://www.addictivetips.com/ios/view-gps-coordinates-for-any-location
> > -in-iphone-stock-maps-app-cydia/
> >
> > BR
> > -Mike.
> >
> > --- In
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>
> <naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>, Peter Shute
> <pshute@> wrote:
> > >
> > > On my Blackberry I used a program called GPS Logger to
> obtain my current coordinates to announce at the start of a
> recording. It could display them big, so I didn't have to
> peer at it the screen.
> > >
> > > On my new iPhone, I haven't come across an app to do
> something similar. I haven't even found a way to see decimal
> places of the seconds. Can anyone recommend an app?
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> >
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