Capt No Fish Posted December 3, 2022 Posted December 3, 2022 Hello, I am starting to get fancy now and have learned how to transfer waypoints between my Garmin Unit and Google Earth. The PA DNR has published way points for Lake Nockamixon of fishing structure they have planted. Below is the link. https://www.fishandboat.com/Resource/Habitat/Documents/lakePlans/nockamixon.pdf Where I am struggling, is the numbers that they provide do not seem to match up with a proper longitude and Latitude in GPS format for me to enter. 40*29.543 75*11.795 I am hoping someone here has the experience to guide me through how I can use these numbers to make waypoints. There must be some conversion that I need to do. Any assistance is appreciated! Quote
Super User Solution Tennessee Boy Posted December 3, 2022 Super User Solution Posted December 3, 2022 38 minutes ago, Capt No Fish said: Hello, I am starting to get fancy now and have learned how to transfer waypoints between my Garmin Unit and Google Earth. The PA DNR has published way points for Lake Nockamixon of fishing structure they have planted. Below is the link. https://www.fishandboat.com/Resource/Habitat/Documents/lakePlans/nockamixon.pdf Where I am struggling, is the numbers that they provide do not seem to match up with a proper longitude and Latitude in GPS format for me to enter. 40*29.543 75*11.795 I am hoping someone here has the experience to guide me through how I can use these numbers to make waypoints. There must be some conversion that I need to do. Any assistance is appreciated! 40*29.543 = 40 degrees 29.543 minutes or 40 degrees 29 minutes 32.58 seconds or 40.492383 degrees What format do you need the coordinates to be in? 1 Quote
Capt No Fish Posted December 3, 2022 Author Posted December 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said: 40*29.543 = 40 degrees 29.543 minutes or 40 degrees 29 minutes 32.58 seconds What format do you need the coordinates to be in? Thanks Tennessee Boy. According to the support page these are the 2 supported formats. Decimal Degrees: such as 37.7°, -122.2° Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: such as 37°25'19.07"N, 122°05'06.24"W Quote
Capt No Fish Posted December 4, 2022 Author Posted December 4, 2022 59 minutes ago, Capt No Fish said: Thanks Tennessee Boy. According to the support page these are the 2 supported formats. Decimal Degrees: such as 37.7°, -122.2° Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: such as 37°25'19.07"N, 122°05'06.24"W Ok I found a converting tool that will help. Thanks for putting me on the right track! https://www.pgc.umn.edu/apps/convert/ Quote
Susky River Rat Posted December 4, 2022 Posted December 4, 2022 I have used the gps coordinates for other lakes in pa and they will get you close. Down scan the area will be the best way to drop way points on them. I never fished nock much. 1 Quote
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