UTM-Latitude/Longitude Converter & GPS Routeplanner - online

The GPS Geoplaner ( GeoConverter + Routeplan[n]er ) converts Latitude/Longitude in UTM coordinates and vice versa and provides basic routeplanner functions for outdoor navigation. The coordinates, waypoints or routes can be added:

• graphically by mouse click or
• numerically: UTM coordinates or Latitude & Longitude or
• as postal address: country, city, street no. or
• as point of interest (poi): hilltop, lake, town, island, ... or
  
• by file upload: waypoints or route in a GPX file.

The coordinates/waypoints are displayed graphically in GoogleMaps or OpenStreetMap and numerically as Latitude/Longitude and UTM coordinates. They can be uploaded and downloaded as a *.gpx file containing the coordinates in terms of a waypoint list or of a GPS route.

coordinate conversion (WGS84) and file upload/download

The Geoplaner should look like in this screenshot. If not: please change the text size and zoom in your browser to "normal" and "100%". If there are still problems give another browser a trial such as Mozilla Firefox or Opera.

The Geoplaner converts UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) and Latitude & Longitude coordinates. The conversion is based on JScoord V1.1.1. The datum or reference ellipsoid is WGS 84 (World Geodetic System 1984).

The geographical positions of the coordinates are highlighted by standard Google markers either on GoogleMaps or on OSM (Open Street Map). Numerically the coordinates are displayed in four different formats simultaneously.

On the right-hand side, below the WPT/POI/Waypoint-display there are buttons to remove single or all waypoints, and to upload or download them in terms of a *.gpx file. The Geoplaner stores the coordinates as a list of single waypoints. However when downloading them you can optionally choose a waypoint download or a route download. This is important for transfering the waypoints or route to a GPS receiver afterwards. When uploading a GPX-File you can likewise choose whether you want to upload a route or a list of waypoints. The Geoplaner converts GPS routes automatically into a waypoint list. GPS track uploads are not supported yet. When uploading or downloading files no data or files are stored on the Geoplaner server!

GoogleMaps/OpenStreetMap: waypoints and routes by mouse click

Operating GoogleMaps/OSM as usual. By clicking or pressing left mouse button you can change the map type (GoogleMaps or OpenStreetMap), move the visible map section, zoom in and out the map, create and move markers/waypoints.

Furthermore there are buttons for browsing through the waypoint list, removing single or all waypoints and editing waypoint titles/names.

numerical input of UTM or longitude & latitude

The input of UTM coordinates includes the:

• hemisphere (northern or southern),
• UTM zone (zone number),
• easting (x direction) and
• northing (y direction).
  

Geographical coordinates: longitude and latitude can be entered in three different formats:

• decimal degrees: dd.ddddd°
• degrees, decimal minutes: dd° mm.mmm'
• degrees, minutes, seconds: dd° mm' ss.s''

All formats are converted into each other.

address search: postal address or POI

The Geoplaner accepts postal addresses such as "state, city, street" or POI such as hilltops, lakes, cities and important places. However the returned positions are not always correct: Whereas the postal address lookup mostly returns correct positions, there are sometimes problems with the POI search, when the Google-GeoCoder finds more then one positions matching the input string. So you should always check the search result on the map. If it is wrong, search for a more important POI or city nearby and then look for your POI on the map from there.

GPS routeplanner | tour planner

Geoplaner provides basic routeplanner functions for creating GPS routes for outdoor or street navigation. Auto-routing is not supported, however you can map out GPS routes by mouse clicks manually. When creating a route for street navigation GoogleMaps - "map" is most suitable, whereas for walking tours or hiking OpenStreetMap - "OSM" is more convenient. OpenStreetMap contains many hiking trails and tracks, especially in touristic areas and mountains and is constantly being completed.

After creating the route by setting several waypoints along the trail press the "download Route" -button and store the "route.gpx" - file on your PC. Then transfer "route.gpx" to your outdoor GPS receiver via a GPS freeware or directly save the file on the SD-Memorycard of your receiver.
It is also possible to upload and edit existing GPS routes, or to convert GPS routes into waypoint lists and vice versa.
When uploading waypoints or routes the Geoplaner/Routeplanner does not import elevations. However when scrolling or clicking through the waypoints the Google elevation service will add the elevations and the Routeplanner automatically includes them for the download.

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