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From: "Doug Gordon" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Latitude & Longitude
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:20:54 -0400
References: <851735884.20050706180212@comcast.net>


I guess what I was looking for would be for TMG to store it as numeric
floating or fixed-point numbers instead of as character strings. In that
way, it could be displayed in a number of formats depending on user
preference. Storing it as a string means that you can't manipulate it
numerically and have to know exactly what format you are using. In this
case, going from the TMG standard to the way that Google Maps needs to see
it is not very easy to do.

Doug

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Haas" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [TMG] Latitude & Longitude


> Wednesday, July 6, 2005, 5:52:27 PM, Doug Gordon wrote:
>
> DG> I've been off-list for a while, so pardon me if this has been
> DG> discussed before :-). Does anyone know if there are any plans to
> DG> support longitude and latitude values within TMG in a more
> DG> flexible way? By that I mean at least the ability to enter them
> DG> using various numeric formats, such as latitude as +/-DD.DDDD
> DG> rather than DDMMSS, etc. This would mean not having to do things
> DG> like run conversions on what you see on your GPS unit, and other
> DG> conveniences.
>
>
> You can enter latitude and longitude in different formats. You just
> have to uncheck the Validate LAT/LONG box in Preferences. TMG won't
> convert from one format to another, though.
>
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