Decimal Coordinates

pat100

Most apps and websites use and recognise the decimal coordinate format:

53.928759,-1.851201

No spaces. Only decimal numerals separated by a comma and a dash.
CAMC uses:

Lat 53.928759 / Lon -1.851201

So, to copy and paste that I have to edit it first. A small thing but tedious. How would I suggest to the company that they change to the more acceptable format? Or would I just be wasting my time?
(Or, am I wrong?)

DavidKlyne

I am not sure you will get an answer here so it might be worth dropping an email direct to the Club for their reasoning. It is of course possible that they have been using the same format for so long that they might not have thought about changing it until someone suggests it? As someone who is a very infrequent user of Lat/Lon coordinates are they left in place so that the occasional user is left in no doubt which way round they are listed? 

David

Lutz

It is standard practice to quote latitude first, followed by longitude, so I don't quite see the problem.

Graydjames

That wasn't the point.

It was about how they were written. Nothing to do with which way round they were.

Lutz

But they were two distinct numbers separated by a comma, so what’s the problem?

pat100

Try copying some caravan club decimal coordinates exactly and then paste them into a variety of mapping and travel apps to see the problem. 

DavidRC

Isn't the OP's point that in the format given in his first example you can copy and paste into an app and it will be recognised whereas the format in the second example may not be recognised. I've just tried it with Google maps, 

53.928759,-1.851201 is recognised

Lat 53.928759 / Lon -1.851201 is not recognised and has to be edited.

 

PeteCI

A small point of interest for the OP, it is not a dash separating the lat and lon but a minus sign. Longitude is always stated to the east of the meridian so in the example given the figure is negative indicating that the point described is to the west of Greenwich.

Takethedogalong

That’s it in a nutshell. OP is wanting to use an electronic location finder, not a paper map. 

JollyKernow

I know time is precious and all that but it takes all of 10 seconds to edit. Does that seriously make it tedious?

JK

 

Takethedogalong

It would be more than tedious if the electronic location device stopped working, and there was no paper map available😁👍 

GEandGJE

Well if that's the case, in the words of Fraser from Dad's Army we're Doomed.