[Az-Geocaching] Map Quest Help

[Bill Tomlinson]

Howard,  Here's a bit more detail.  On the MapQuest.com home page there
is a "MAPS" icon at the top right corner.  Click on that to get to the
maps page.  About half way down on the left are options.  Click "Map by
Lat/Long".  You have two choices: Degrees, Minutes, Second or Decimal
Degrees.  In either case, remember that because we are in the Western
hemisphere, Degrees Longitude must be entered as a negative.  FYI, some
sites/software let you enter N/S/E/W, others make you specify + or -.  
 
To convert coordinates, just remember that there are 60 minutes in a
degree and 60 seconds in a minute.  Then the math is easy.
 
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds:   60 * .909 = 55    60 * .663 = 40
 
    Latitude:      D = 33   M = 17   S = 55
    Longitude:    D = -111   M = 18   S = 40
 
Degrees:    17.909 / 60 = .2985    18.663 / 60 = .3111
 
    Latitude:      D = 33.2985
    Longitude:    D = -111.3111
 
Hope that was helpful,
 
CacheLess
Bill Tomlinson

-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Denham


Thanks Steve:
 
Because I am new to game, how do i find out the degrees?  My only info
is from cache listing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: AZcachemeister <mailto:azcachemeister at getnet.com>  


Mapquest prefers decimal degrees rather than decimal minutes.
You can click on the map on each cache page to go to the mapquest map
for that cache.
Here
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=33.29
8483&longitude=-111.31105>  is a link to the one for Queen of the Hill.

Steve

Howard Denham wrote: 

I have tried to use map quest to get a map.  Can not seem to get system
to give me a map.  Suppose I wanted to get the following map using:
N 33 17.909 W111 18.663 (Queen of the Hill Cache)
 
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
 
Howard (Viejo Sarg)

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