GPS Coordinate Converter

October 17th, 2003 | Jeff Boulter | General

One thing that’s annoyed me is that there’s no easy way to enter GPS coordinates on the web and get a map or look up other info about those coordinates. There are some conversion utilities out there, but they’re a pain to use, requring a lot of cutting and pasting.

I decided to build a better mousetrap with my own converter and mapper tool.

Check it out and let me know what you think.



21 Responses to “GPS Coordinate Converter”

  1. Randy Myers Says:

    Jeff,

    This is exactly what I have been looking for. I think my company would be happy to own a copy of copies of a stand along converter like this.

    Thanks,

    Randy

  2. Paul Says:

    This is a great tool that you created. If you can get it to work with Map24 that would be really cool.

  3. Conor Dearden Says:

    I like it. Very easy to use and clean. I was using Google maps by centering a location and then using the link to page feature to extract the coordinates then a converter to change them to degrees. Clicking on your Google map is so much simpler. You have earned a free copy of any my cataloging apps. Let me recommend Gamepedia just finishing up the 1.0 release still in Beta 0.9 but looking good. It’s core is based on the more mature brothers at 2.2 version so there nothing to fear from the beta. Like any good looking program it’s just for your Mac, so head on to Bruji.com and drop me an email for a free serial code if you are interested in any of the programs.

  4. Jim Says:

    Can you inform me how to enter co-ordinates in WGS 84 format and convert them to decimaal degree format?

    Thanks,

    Jim

  5. kayla Says:

    Wow! this tool is great! geocachers everywhere should thank you!

  6. George Says:

    Like Jim (above), I’m confused how to enter coordinates. Some times they work for me, some times not! Thanks!

  7. jacques Says:

    Great tool…But how do I convert GPS to Google Map Lat & Longs?

  8. marco Says:

    i liked what you did there, and because you are expert in this, i would like to ask you, whether you can help me to write a program that records GPS data(longitude and latitude, when a button is pressed a KML-document should be generated that describes the bounding box.
    Thank You !

  9. Pabz Says:

    hi..
    Your work is awesome… u seem to be an expert on this so I guess u like to help strugglers like me… we are suppose to do a conversion from an output taken from a GPS Receiver to (X, Y) coordinates matching to our country in order it to be plotted on a map. Can u please tell a way so that I can implement a converter program for this purpose…
    Thank u…

  10. Paulie Says:

    Very useful. Thanks a lot!

  11. Ciaccadi Says:

    Very very useful. Thanks a lot!
    If it could be used without Java script command, it can easy be used also by most common mobile telephone handsets.

  12. ramesh Says:

    hi Jeff Boulter
    thats a great work it will be a greater if you provide the source codes to others so that they can use it for their projects

  13. Jon Says:

    Thank you. Great work. Just what I was looking for. Neat and simple.

  14. Adrian Says:

    Thanks. Beautiful little app.

  15. Niko;) Says:

    Well done :) It helped me a lot. Thank you.

  16. Bill Says:

    It doesn’t work,
    Left hand lower corner says error on page

  17. Tanie Rozmowy Says:

    Hi Jeff Boulter
    That’s a great work. But it would be really nice if you provide the source codes. I’d rather would rely on own hosted solution if possible.
    Best regards

  18. Tracy Says:

    Fantastic great mod but i would have to agree with Tanie Rozmowy a hosted solution would be great

  19. Allen Says:

    Thanks, this helped me double check a map point. Very nice in its simplicity. If you were to put this in a software package, the only thing I would add is the ability to change your projection for xy’s.

  20. tariq Says:

    wow this is a greate job . I’m looking for a java or any other code of a converter like this one .I’m now realy in trouble can you help me with this.

    I’ll be grateful

  21. Topazowl Says:

    Hi and thanks for this tool – I use it alot as it helps double checking coords when placing a cache

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