NAT's reports co-ordinates

[Andy Gates]

Folks,

 

Can anyone help or shed light with the above?

 

Example:-

 

A NAT's report gives the location of signal jamming tests which may affect model control.

Co-ordinates given are 520610N 0032918W

Luckily this report shows a map at the end which demonstrates the area as being in South Wales.

Whenever I try inputting the co-ordinates in mapping sites, I get a location in the English Channel.

If I try converting the co-ordinates I get the same thing.

 

What am I doing wrong or is there a better way to map areas from these reports with no maps attached?

[Nick Cripps]

The format used in NOTAMs is degrees, minutes and seconds: DDMMSS, DDDMMSS.

 

For your example it is 52°06'10"N, 003°28'18"W

[John Lee]

 More here:

 

 

[Caveman]

Using Google Maps or Apple Maps input W coordinates as negative. Positive longitudes are east of Greenwich. So your search becomes (in decimal) 52.0610,-03.2918 and it’s somewhere in Wales on the A470 just north of Llyswen.

GDB

[John Lee]

That does not go far enough Caveman.

 

As explained in the thread I linked to above the online maps use as a default degrees:decimal degrees whereas the NATS briefing sheets use degrees:minutes:seconds (as required by a global agreement under ICAO Rules). They are not the same.

 

To plot NOTAMS on Google Maps etc you need to do a conversion or use the appropriate symbology as explained in the linked thread.   

[Peter Jenkins]

Well, I always thought you could use deg min sec into Google maps and it reads it.  I was right.  I put in the lat long given by John Lee above into Google maps and it worked fine.  But you must use the form he has used.