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Coordinates on openstreetmap.org
pangoSE erabiltzaileak 22 Otsaila 2019 datan argitaratua English hizkuntzanDoes anyone know if the searchbox supports some form of coordinate? These did not work: “N:39°47’03″ E:78°33’41″” “39°47’03″ 78°33’41″”
Are there any plans of supporting widely used formats of coordinates?
This seemed to work: “38.5807 77.2605” but gave 2 results.
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AkuAnakTimur erabiltzailearen iruzkina 23 Otsaila 2019 03:23-eann
This format should work: e.g. 1N 1E and 1S 1W
AkuAnakTimur erabiltzailearen iruzkina 23 Otsaila 2019 03:31-eann
On top of that, reversed order should work too e.g. N1 E1
pangoSE erabiltzailearen iruzkina 23 Otsaila 2019 10:11-eann
I think we should support as many ways of writing coordinates as possible. E.g. N:39°47’03″ E:78°33’41″ or 39°47’03″ 78°33’41″.
andy mackey erabiltzailearen iruzkina 23 Otsaila 2019 17:48-eann
Degrees.degrees works fine, is simpler to use in my opinion. there seems to be lots of coord converters on the net if you have the need. Best we stick to the system used here from the start.
Riccardo Stagni erabiltzailearen iruzkina 23 Otsaila 2019 22:41-eann
This is the format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees
I assume you get two results because if you write “38.5807 77.2605” the search engine cannot know which number is the latitude and which is the longitude (the two results have the same coordinates but swapped).
If you add N/S E/W to the coordinates you will get an unique result: osm.org/search?query=38.5807N%2077.2605E#map=17/38.58070/77.26050
Adriano Cunha erabiltzailearen iruzkina 24 Otsaila 2019 12:58-eann
Degrees are simpler and avoid confusion.
IMHO, the search engine should assume latitude first.
It would be a waste of resources to try to support every possible notation - there will always be another one. Google has billions of dollars and it doesn’t do it.