Inputting a destination using only lat and long on i3

sgillow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2006 Posts: 5

I recently bought an i3 running v8 mapping and v2.7 rom. It is great. I have read these forums for a while and now have a question.

I am going to northern france around Calais at the weekend and understand the v8 maps cover this area. I have been to my destination in France before but I dont have the address, just the latitude and longitude of the place, how can I input lat and long as my destination? When I select 'Where To' it asks for an address, is there a way to input lat and long instead?

I have yet to connect the i3 to my PC as I want to backup the card before doing that, I have ordered a card reader but dont have it yet so would rather get a solution that didnt involve inputting it as a POI if it could be avoided.

Thanks,
Simon

Lester_Burnham · Frequent Visitor Joined: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 618

zogman · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:00 am Post subject:

hi sgillow and welcome to the forum...theres no way to do what you want, as lester suggested the only way is to use a mapping program to locate the position and then transfer to the i3...
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MaFt · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:08 am Post subject:

bare in mind though that you won't get directions in northern france. routable mapping is only for the uk, the europe maps are only a 'base map' - meaning they're not that accurate and can't be used to get a route. it will show you where you are on a map though.

MaFt

zogman · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:42 am Post subject:

MaFt, are you sure mate..i thought you could get street level navigation on the northern tip of france...
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MaFt · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject:

timber · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

zogman · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:

this wont help timber..this software is for the whole of europe..the i3 maps are for the uk only (and the northern tip of france)
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timber · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject:

zogman · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

i think you are confusing city navigator uk / ireland which is on the i3 and the city navigator europe which is a stand alone software...if i've got this wrong apologies mate..
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sgillow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2006 Posts: 5

Thanks for the tips. Seems I will have to use easygps, hope it doesnt break anything before I get the chance to backup the card.

I read somewhere else on this forum that the northern tip of France was covered in the detailed mapping. I will find out for sure on Saturday.

Simon

sgillow · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 14, 2006 Posts: 5

Is there a website that is the equivalent of streetmap.co.uk that can give me the latitude and longitude of a place in france?

Simon

MaFt · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject:

www.multimap.com

select france in top left drop-down menu and then zoom right in. click mouse on the exact spot ya want and below the map it shows lat/long for it. you need to use the decimal degrees one (the figures in brackets e.g 49.8633) as opposed to the degrees minutes seconds (49:51:48N)

MaFt

Aitch2 · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject:

Wildie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 57

on my i3 its defo City Navigator Europe nt+ v8 in the thing out of the box.
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