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GeoMapping help #14

Open BMT45 opened 5 years ago

BMT45 commented 5 years ago

How would I convert the minute measurements of latitude and longitude to a decimal for the coordinate measurements and how would I get the geo map to display on a web page? @ghbondar @ebeshero

ghbondar commented 5 years ago

@BMT45 One degree = 60 minutes, 0.5 degree = 30 minutes so degrees = minutes / 60 34deg 23' = 34.3833333 deg, or 34 + 23/60 (0.3833333) if you have seconds, 1 min = 60 seconds, so they get added to minutes, first, and then total mins get added to degrees.

ghbondar commented 5 years ago

@BMT45 To display the KML, you will need to: 1) login to your Google acct. 2) goto Google maps. 3) click the three-lined icon in upper-left corner to bring up menu. 4) Goto 'Your Places' 5) Goto Maps-tab. 6) Click on "Create Maps" bar at bottom. 7) Click on Import 8) Click on 'Select a file from your computer' and select your kml-file. 9) Click on Share and make your map Public. 10) Click UPPER three-dot icon to bring up menu and select "Embed on my site" 11) This brings up some code inside an <iframe> element that you should copy and paste into the body of your HTML-file of your webpage.