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Entering Coordinates on a zūmo XT2
Garmin devices allow you to use geographical coordinates as a destination.
Navigating to Coordinates
To navigate to a set of coordinates:
1. Touch Where To?
2. Touch Coordinates
3. Touch Coordinates again
4. Enter the latitude and longitude
5. Touch Done
6. Touch Go
The device will now begin navigating you to the entered coordinates.
When given coordinates for a GPS position, you may find the format does not match the device's format or that the coordinates have too many numbers.
Touch Search Format if the desired coordinates do not match the format used on the device. You can also touch the wrench icon to view all the available Position Format options. This will allow you to access additional information such as Display Format, Datum, Map Spheroid, and Reset. If the formatting of the coordinates does not match the format on the device, confirm the format of the provided coordinates. Maps will often provide the position format they use.
Note: When the Coordinate Format is set to automatic the device will detect common formats in degrees, minutes, and seconds.
Coordinate Formats
Coordinates can come from a variety of sources. Different sources may have different formats. It may be helpful to research the format your coordinates are in before entering them into your device. Below are the coordinates of the Statue of Liberty Memorial in New York using two common formats.
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
Here is the Location of the Memorial in the Common "Degrees, Minutes, Seconds" (h dddo mm' ss.ss") Format:
N 40° 41' 21.298"
W 074° 2’ 40.201"
Follow the steps above and ensure your device is set to the h dddo mm' ss.ss" format to enter these coordinates into a device.
Decimal Degrees
Here is the same location in the Decimal Degrees (h ddd.ddddddo) format. This is used by many mapping applications and websites.
N 40.6892494o
W° 074.0445004o
Follow the steps above and ensure your device is set to the h ddd.ddddddo format to enter these coordinates into a device.
Note: A Garmin device may accept fewer digits than found in your desired coordinates. You may enter as many digits as the device will allow. Your device will still be able to navigate to the entered location; more digits simply allow for greater accuracy.
List of Coordinate Formats Available for the zūmo XT2
- Automatic
- Austrian Grid
- Borneo RSO
- British National Grid
- CH1903+
- Custom Grid
- Dutch Grid
- EOV Hungarian Grid
- Estonian Grid
- Finnish Grid KKJ27
- French Grid
- Gauss-Boaga East
- Gauss-Boaga West
- German Grid
- Icelandic Grid
- India Zone 0
- India Zone IA
- India Zone IB
- lndia Zone IIA
- India Zone IIB
- India Zone IIIA
- India Zone IIIB
- India Zone IVA
- India Zone IVB
- Indonesian Equatorial
- Indonesian Irian
- Indonesian Southern
- Irish (IG)
- Irish (ITM)
- Latvian TM
- MGRS
- Maidenhead
- New Zealand
- New Zealand TM
- QNG Grid
- RT 90
- SK-42 Grid
- South African Grid
- Swedish Grid RT-90
- Swedish Grid SWEREF 99TM
- Swiss Grid LV03
- Swiss Grid LV95
- Taiwan Grid
- US National Grid
- UTM
- W Malayan RSO
Survey-grade Mapping Sources
Garmin devices have a specific level of accuracy that it can provide. Occasionally coordinates come from a more precise source, and Garmin devices will not have the additional position format spaces needed for such accuracy. This can occur especially when using coordinates from a survey-grade map, or a survey-grade GPS system. These types of devices can have near pinpoint accuracy. When entering more precise coordinates the extra digits at the end of the coordinates can be dropped. Here is an example:
Survey Grade Coordinates for the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France:
N 48° 51' 29.1348''
E 2° 17' 40.8984''
How these Coordinates Would Look Entered into a Garmin Device:
N 48° 51’ 29.1”
E 002° 17’ 40.8”
In the example, the last three digits from each coordinate line needed to be removed in order for the device to accept the coordinates; however, the Garmin device will still guide you to the Eiffel Tower.
Positive and Negative Numbers:
Online maps sometimes make use of positive and negative numbers (based on 0° at the equator or prime meridian) when displaying coordinates. The Garmin is formatted to show N,S,E,W
- Longitude negative: W
- Longitude positive: E
- Latitude negative: S
- Latitude positive: N