Interesting!

[W5LZ]

I was playing "Where is this?", find a picture of an interesting place on one of the internet mapping sites (Google Maps, and EarthTools). Thought, "Hey, I know what my 'lat/long' is, lets see if it will work.". (Took the lat/long from the QRZ database.) Hmmm. Neither site put me within half mile of where I live. 'Google' put me over three miles away. This was using an eight digit coordinate system, ought to have been accurate to within what, couple of hundred yards? So, if you want to find out where you ~REALLY~ live, plug in your lat/long and find out!
- 'Doc

 

[bob85]

hey doc we are all messed up with the mapping too,
every map i can find including ordnance survey shows a new bypass motorway in the field behind our house but its a mile away in a different field,
there is an OS triangulation point just down the field from our house at 38meters asl so they should know exactly where we are and the asl but they still have it all wrong.
tomtom navigators go blank and think your in a field when you drive down the new bypass even with the latest maps,
the new roads are there but in the wrong place,
the google earth ground heights are all wrong too over here,
all that money time and effort to get it all wrong lmao :roll:.

 

[Happy_Hamer]

Try this site, http://www.indo.com/distance/

This one got me somewhat close to me with coordinates.

 

[Dave_W6DPS]

The lat/long in the QRZ.com database is the approximate center of your zip code--the same with the maidenhead grid square listing. They do not calculate zip code by address.

To get the coordinates for an address, try:

http://world.maporama.com/idl/maporama/

It rounds to the nearest minute, but that is closer than QRZ.com.

Dave_W6DPS

 

[W5LZ]

Dave,
I tried it using my street address and it was almost correct (150 feet off). Still almost a mile off (800-900m) by using the lat/long, not 'QRZ's, but from a GPS. According to the site, I live in city hall. LOL
- 'Doc

 

[Happy_Hamer]

http://www.hmssurprise.org/Resources/whereami.html

 

[Hamin' X]

Go to Topo Zone and search for your area. Click on your house and the coordinates will appear at the top of the map. You can change the coordinate system on the left side of the page.

Rich