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Question: I have a new dash cam for my car and it adds GPS information to the video footage. Problem is, that’s shown in some cryptic latitude/longitude notation. How can I convert it to locations on ...

For those of us with no real navigation experience, encountering longitude and latitude coordinates is usually the result of some hiccup using Google Maps. 40.722272, -73.994194? What? Where the heck ...

It's easy to work out your longitude using a radio, watch and sundial, but as castaways on Capraia we had none of these. Even though we built a radio, we still needed some sort of timepiece, so we ...

Once you've found the North Star it's simple to determine your latitude. 1. First, locate the Big Dipper, Ursa Major (called The Plough in the U.K.). 2. Find the two stars that make up the far end of ...

Determining one's latitude on land is relatively easy, says surveyor Bob Bergantino. When on land, an artificial horizon is needed to replace the horizon that only exists on the ocean. To create the ...