Microsoft KB Archive/143402

Road Atlas 4.0: How to Use the “Go To Lat/Long Option”

PSS ID Number: Q143402 Article last modified on 04-30-1996

4.00

WINDOWS

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You may need to find a location using latitude and longitude coordinates. Automap 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.

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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 Automap uses 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 Edit menu, click Go To.   Select the Go To An Airport, Park, Natural Feature, Or Area Code In The Local Area option.   Using the recognized format, enter the Latitude and Longitude coordinates. For example, to enter 46 Degrees 37.73 Minutes North, 120 Degrees 29.95 Minutes West, enter: 46 37.73 N 120 29.95 W NOTE: Road Atlas rounds hundredths to tenths when the Minutes entry to the right of the decimal is more than one number. If the format is not correct, Automap Road Atlas will display “(none)” after you click Latitude/longitude.   Click Go To, and then in the Search For dialog box, select Latitude/longitude and click OK. 

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After you click the Latitude/longitude option, Road Atlas convert the entered number into Navigation Notation. For example:

46?37.6’N 12029.9’W, Latitude/longitude

Although Road Atlas converts your coordinates without the degree and minutes symbols to full notation, Road Atlas will not accept the coordinate if you enter the degree and direction symbols.

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