cahe coordinates

[jhoff630]

I need help. how does one convert the alpha coordintes listed for a cache to lat/lon. thankyou Jhoff630

[Team Deejay]

Not sure what you mean by alpha, can you post an example?

[jhoff630]

when i look up a cache to find the listed waypoint is listed “GCQDYK” MYGPS NEEDS LAT/LON JHOFF630

[Jeremy]

Ditto on seeing an example…

But I’m going to go out on a limb and assume you are seeing the “waypoint code” for a cache, like GCB0EB? The “waypoint code” is often the name of the waypoint for a cache when you download it into your GPS. You can think of it as a short, unique name for a cache assigned by geocaching.com when a cache is submitted.

You can also quickly look up a cache on geocaching.com if you know the waypoint code. From the geocaching.com home page:

– Click on Hide & Seek A Cache in the upper right
– Scroll down and enter the waypoint code (i.e. GCB0EB) into the box next to “By waypoint:”
– Click Find
– Assuming you are logged into geocaching.com, you should see the cache page, including the coordinates for the cache

[Team Deejay]

The GC numbers are not coordinates at all. These just function as serial numbers, so that each cache has a unique identifier. You have to get the cache coordinate from the cache page. They are located just under the title and look like this:

N 45° 47.968 W 089° 09.898

You enter these into your GPS, not the waypoint. Some people choose to download their coordinates from their PC to their GPS and some of these use the waypoint code GCXXXX to identify each cache. But the code itself will do nothing for you without first putting in the coordinates.

Is that the question you were asking?

[jhoff630]

THANK YOU EVRYONE !!!!! MORE INFO APPRECIATED JOFF630

[abcdmCachers]

@jhoff630 wrote:

THANK YOU EVRYONE !!!!! MORE INFO APPRECIATED JOFF630

If you’re still not seeing the lat/lon, check to make sure you are logged in. If you aren’t logged in, it only shows the GC waypoint ID.

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