How to enter Lat/Long into i.points

Markus Neteler neteler at geog.uni-hannover.de
Tue Oct 12 17:06:38 EDT 1999


> 
> > I think that the only way is using sexagesimal degrees
> > with decimal fractions (I.e., 40deg 30min would be
> > 40.5). At least this is what I remember from the last time
> > that I had to do it (v.4.0).
>  
> > > "Enter coordinates as east north": ??? ???
> > > 
> > > I have
> > >  10E 43' 30"
> > >  47N 34' 0"
> 
> finally we got it:
> 
> Enter coordinates as east north: 10E 43 30 47N 34 0
> 
> So no recalculation is required luckily.
> It works fine. It was the first time I needed lat/long...

Too bad, I was wrong! The table created by i.points is
not o.k.

So I will recalculate every position in decimal degree :-(
i.points accepts only decimal degree.

Maybe this is interesting for others transforming into
lat/long locations.

  Cheers

     Markus



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