You can enter these coordinates into the Search box of Google Earth software to view the site. For example, the location of Dalnavert Museum is N49.88587, W97.14218. How do I find an historic site, using the latitude and longitude provided by the Historic Sites of Manitoba map?Īll sites shown on the Historic Sites of Manitoba map provide its latitude and longitude in decimal degrees. Please send email to the MHS Webmaster ( to arrange to borrow our GPS receiver. The MHS has a simple-to-use GPS receiver which is available for short-term loan if you would like to participate in this project and do not have your own. If you have already recorded values as degrees-minutes-seconds, submit them as such, and we will convert them into decimal degrees. If possible, please record and submit latitude and longitude values in decimal degrees with five decimal places (for example, the location of Dalnavert Museum is N49.88587, W97.14218) rather than degrees-minutes-seconds. We find that 25 to 50 separate readings will usually give averages within 3 meters of the correct location. More sophisticated GPS receivers have an “averaging” feature that does this calculation automatically. The best results will be obtained by taking multiple readings at the historic site, and calculating the average latitude and longitude of all readings. Nowadays, GPS receivers are relatively inexpensive, precise, easy to use, and available at most home electronics and hardware stores. To get an accurate location, especially in rural areas, it may be necessary to visit the site with a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver which, by triangulating with satellites orbiting the Earth, can determine its location to within a few meters. These values can be obtained, in some cases, using software such as Google Earth. To be added to the Historic Sites of Manitoba map, we need the site’s location on the Earth- its latitude and longitude. How do I determine the latitude and longitude of an historic site? Historic Sites of Manitoba: Frequently Asked Questions
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