Latitude and Longitude on a Zoomable Map

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Latitude and Longitude on a Zoomable Map

Postby Rick McClain » Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:18 pm

Hey Guys,
If I go to a Meso Map and click on one of the reporting points, it will take me to the page for the sensor, which has the exact location Latitude and Longitude. i.e. " Latitude: 40.36662; Longitude: -111.93867". How can I find that on a zoomable map, preferrably satellite imagery, so I can see exactly where it is? I've tried plugging that into Google's maps, but as wonderful as they are, it doesn't work. I'm sure someone out there knows a map set that it will work on.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Latitude and Longitude on a Zoomable Map

Postby brian.doubek » Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:15 pm

I cut->pasted those coords into to google maps and got this:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=40.36662+-111.93867&sll=40.337124,-111.938324&sspn=0.182141,0.299034&gl=us&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16

You can do the same thing in Google Earth and it will fly you there too.
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Re: Latitude and Longitude on a Zoomable Map

Postby Rick McClain » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:10 pm

Ok,
I knew there were more knowledgeable people than myself out there. (Probably most.)
I didn't realize that I didn't need to put the words "Latitude" and "Longitude" in the query.
Now I can get a look at the terrain that these weather sites are in. Not perfect, but it helps.


Thanks, Much appreciated.
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