[Qgis-user] Mysterious coordinates (Italy)

[Mike Shand]

Hi Sarah,

I think what you may have for (N 3904,668 - E 1652,784) is actually 
degrees, minutes and decimal minutes:
N 39d 04min .668dec min (or 40.08sec [.668*60]) = N 39d 04min 40.08 sec
E 16d 52min .784 dec min (or 47.04sec [.784*60]) = N 16d 52min 47.04 sec
or in decimal degrees
N 39.0778
E 16.879733
This puts the point about 7km south of Roccabernarda.

In the UK and US a dot is usually the decimal point, in Europe a comma 
is often the decimal point.

Regards,
Mike

  should fall in the vicinity of coordinates: N 391373746 - E 16,8745837 
(Roccabernarda in the province of Crotone).

On 12/03/2014 08:01, Lynkos wrote:
> Solve one mystery and another appears! This isn't really a QGIS issue, 
> but I'm wondering if there's someone out there who'd be willing to 
> give me a hand anyway.
> I'm processing a series of data sheets of bird observations from 
> volunteer observers throughout Italy. We specify decimal degrees, 
> WGS84 (UTM 33 o 32N), but as you can imagine, the coordinates come in 
> all shapes and sizes and trying to standardise them is a real challenge.
> I'm having a particular problem trying to understand (and therefore 
> subsequently convert), the following group of coordinates:
>
> N 3915.452          E 1655.732
>
> N 3913.887          E 1655.653
>
> N 3905.717          E 1703.311
>
> N 3902.444          E 1701.229
>
> N 3902.936          E 1701.405
>
> N 3904.791          E 1654.796
>
> N 3904.668          E 1652.784**
>
> N 3906.065          E 1657.129
>
> N 3905.403          E 1701.755
>
> N 3909.825          E 1659.315
>
> N 3909.479          E 1657.053
>
> N 3912.038          E 1655.576
>
> N 3912.436          E 1656.515
>
> N 3911.025          E 1659.291
>
> N 3911.148          E 1659.506
>
> N 3911.347          E 1659.521
>
> N 3911.824          E 1659.739
>
> They should all fall in the province of Crotone in Calabria, Italy, 
> but nothing I've tried gets them there :-(.
>
>
> To give an idea, the coordinates with an asterix (N 3904,668 - E 
> 1652,784) should fall in the vicinity of coordinates: N 391373746 - E 
> 16,8745837 (Roccabernarda in the province of Crotone).
>
> Thanks for any help, and my apologies if the answer is so simple a 
> primary school kid could get there :-(, Sarah.
>
>
> -- 
> *Sarah Gregg*
> immagini - parole - territorio - natura
> Web:www.wild-eyes.eu <http://www.wild-eyes.eu/>

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