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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Sarah,<br>
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I think what you may have for (N 3904,668 - E 1652,784) is
actually degrees, minutes and decimal minutes:<br>
N 39d 04min .668dec min (or 40.08sec [.668*60]) = N 39d 04min
40.08 sec<br>
E 16d 52min .784 dec min (or 47.04sec [.784*60]) = N 16d 52min
47.04 sec<br>
or in decimal degrees<br>
N 39.0778<br>
E 16.879733<br>
This puts the point about 7km south of Roccabernarda.<br>
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In the UK and US a dot is usually the decimal point, in Europe a
comma is often the decimal point.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Mike<br>
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should fall in the vicinity of coordinates: N 391373746 - E
16,8745837 (Roccabernarda in the province of Crotone). <br>
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On 12/03/2014 08:01, Lynkos wrote:<br>
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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. </div>
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style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">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. </div>
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having a particular problem trying to understand (and
therefore subsequently convert), the following group of
coordinates:</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">N 3915.452 E
1655.732</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3913.887 E
1655.653</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3905.717 E
1703.311</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3902.444 E
1701.229</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3902.936 E
1701.405</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3904.791 E
1654.796</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3904.668 E
1652.784**</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3906.065 E
1657.129</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3905.403 E
1701.755</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3909.825 E
1659.315</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3909.479 E
1657.053</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3912.038 E
1655.576</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3912.436 E
1656.515</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3911.025 E
1659.291</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3911.148 E
1659.506</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3911.347 E
1659.521</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">N 3911.824 E
1659.739</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They should all fall in the province of
Crotone in Calabria, Italy, but nothing I've tried gets them
there :-(. </p>
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give an idea, the coordinates with an asterix (N 3904,668 - E
1652,784) <font color="#000066" face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">should fall in the vicinity of coordinates: N
391373746 - E </font>16,8745837 (Roccabernarda in the
province of Crotone). </div>
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for any help, and my apologies if the answer is so simple a
primary school kid could get there :-(, Sarah. </div>
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