[Xastir] Coordinate Calculator

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

I tend to be a bit old fashioned, but I just used '30 36.25' for lat 
(note: positive NORTH) and '-96 22.255' (note: positive EAST!) and it 
worked for  me.  Haven't looked at the docs lately, but what I used is 
sorta standard in the geomatics/cartography world.

AHA!!!!!!

'084 47 84W' is NOT a valid entry.

That's supposed to be 'ddd mm ssEW' and you appear to have entered dd, 
mm and .mm when there's no such convention.

In other words, the '84W' confuses things.  Seconds have a range of 0. 
to 59..

I'm still a bit coffee-deficient so if this isn't clear, let me know and 
I can launch into lecture mode later...

Gerry
William McKeehan wrote:
> I have not used the Coordinate Calculator in Xastir before, and now that I'm
> trying it, I'm having problems.
> 
> I have entered in
> 35 30 00N and
> 084 47 84W
> 
> When I click calculate, I get the message "Sorry, your input was not recognized!"
> 
> Can someone point out what I am doing wrong?
> 

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