Microsoft KB Archive/143065

Macintosh Road Atlas: How to Use the “Go To Lat/Long Option”

PSS ID Number: Q143065 Article last modified on 04-30-1996

2.0x

MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

You may need to find a location using latitude and longitude coordinates. Road Atlas for the Macintosh has the ability to locate a place based on the coordinate values you enter. The following article tells how to use latitude and longitude to find locations in Automap.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Standard latitude/longitude notation usually lists minutes as a single quotation mark (’) and seconds as a double quotation mark (&quot;). Longitude and latitude notation used in Road Atlas for the Macintosh use the following format:

  N   W

When you enter coordinates, do not use degree or comma notation.

To use the latitude and longitude option, do the following:

  Start Automap Road Atlas.   On the Map menu, click the Go To Lat/Long… option.   Using the recognized format, enter the latitude and longitude coordinates. For example, for the location 47 degrees 12 minutes north 122 degrees 35 minutes west, you would enter the following: 47 12 N 122 35 W   Click Go To. If the dialog box returns empty, the values you entered were not valid or out of Road Atlas’s recognized range. 

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