Simbrief will not recognize the precise formats for coordinates as in this quote from the user guide
" 59N140W is a custom lat/long waypoint which translates to 59° North by 140° West . More precise coordinates can also be entered, for example: 59°17’30"N 140°32’12"W can be entered as 591730N1403212W .
I can enter 59N140W but not 591730N1403212W. It gives a message that the latter is not recognized.
Sure, Give me just a few. I must be doing something really stupid
591730N1403212W
564996583N1325016944W
That’s not the same format at all, yours has 3 more digits per latitude/longitude.
What coordinates exactly are you trying to enter/convert to the format accepted by Simbrief?
Regards,
Tim
I didn’t know there was a cap. Let me try again with fewer digits. I guess I took the SimBrief on coordinates help as just a general example of being able to use more details.
My input was accepted if I backed off to 56N132W, I didn’t try anything in between. Sorry I troubled you.
Are you trying to convert from decimal latitude/longitude coordinates perhaps?
Regards,
Tim
56.4996583 -132.5016944
I think that is my problem, like I said… stupid
Thanks for your help.
If you’re not good at math, then you need a converter first:
Lat Long to DMS Converter (Decimal to Degrees Minutes Seconds)
+56.4996583/-132.5016944 becomes:
56° 29' 58.7688" N
132° 30' 6.0984" W
Then you need to round them:
56° 29' 50" N
132° 30' 06" W
56 29 50 N
132 30 06 W
562950N
1323006W
562950N1323006W
And so you use 562950N1323006W for Simbrief.
Regards,
Tim
Hi Tim,
I have no problem with math. Thank you so very much for the attention you gave. My stupidity was in not recognizing that I needed to convert from the data I was pulling from FlightAware. I have entered my custom waypoint successfully in SimBrief and have the results I was looking for…
Thanks again very much.
John
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