Ticket #16 (closed defect: invalid)

Opened 6 years ago

Last modified 6 years ago

Negative Coordinates

Reported by: porter.mark@… Owned by: saua
Priority: major Milestone:
Component: MIDlet Version: 0.2.2
Keywords: Cc:

Description

Hi,

I've got a small issue in as much as I'm using Version 0.2.2 and it doesn't appear to be able to handle negative coordinates. I'm currently at 53deg 46'17.96"N and -2deg 43.86W however bbTracker isn't displaying a negative westerly coordinate.

I'm actually in Preston, Lancashire, UK, not in the middle of the sea off the Norfolk coast.

Change History

comment:1 Changed 6 years ago by anonymous

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to invalid

It should display as <2° 43' 86" W>. Note that W is used to indicate coordinates west of the prime meridian. As far as I know the minus sign is not usually used in this case, because it would be redundant. The coordinate is regarded as "negative" only when it comes to calculation (i.e. 2° 0' 0" W is interpreted as -2).

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