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| You might know however that even these coordinates can be expressed in several formats such as Degrees Minutes Seconds, Degrees and Decimal Minutes or Decimal Degrees, and may either use the indications N, S, E and W for North or South of the equator and East or West of the zero meridian, or simply show a negative sign for South or West values. Google Maps uses Decimal Degrees (and in fact uses the negative variant to indicate South or West, however the program looks after this for you). Happily, this format is the very one that is almost universally available, so there's no need for panic! | You might know however that even these coordinates can be expressed in several formats such as Degrees Minutes Seconds, Degrees and Decimal Minutes or Decimal Degrees, and may either use the indications N, S, E and W for North or South of the equator and East or West of the zero meridian, or simply show a negative sign for South or West values. Google Maps uses Decimal Degrees (and in fact uses the negative variant to indicate South or West, however the program looks after this for you). Happily, this format is the very one that is almost universally available, so there's no need for panic! | ||
| - | Some ideas on how to obtain the coordinates for the location you want to store are contained in the next section, [[common:googlemaps:coordinates|Getting Map Coordinates]]. | + | In this sample we are using the coordinates for the Sydney Opera House: -33.856915, 151.215154. Some ideas on how to obtain the coordinates for the location you want to store are contained in the next section, [[common:googlemaps:coordinates|Getting Map Coordinates]]. |
| In CDA Grain Trader you can use Google Maps to display the locations of your suppliers and customers. The coordinates are saved on the //Contacts// window, as shown in the sample below: \\ \\ | In CDA Grain Trader you can use Google Maps to display the locations of your suppliers and customers. The coordinates are saved on the //Contacts// window, as shown in the sample below: \\ \\ | ||
| {{ :common:googlemaps:contact_window.png |}} | {{ :common:googlemaps:contact_window.png |}} | ||
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