I need to do some more testing but does the Geko position format choice seem correct? Again probably within 15 feet and I think the accuracy may have been 16 feet. Using my home as an example, I marked my spot on the sidewalk but Google Earth put me the edge of the street. Using the above, the Google Earth map location was pretty close to where I stopped my car on the way out of the dog park yesterday and marked the location in my Geko. Looks like H D()M'S.S" is the correct choice? This is NOT the default. Position format choices are - H D.D(), H D()M.M' and H D()M'S.S" Set preferences to "Degrees, Minutes, Seconds". Would appreciate confirmation from those in the know.
It's just they way they labeled the boxes.
Even though the gc.com page says "WGS 84" for entering locations in "dd mm.mmm" format and "decimal degrees" for entering locations in "dd.dddddd" format, they both use the WGS 84 datum. Make sure your GPS is set for WGS 84 datum, otherwise your locations will be off. When taking a location from google earth and searching on the gc.com site, you can select decimal degrees on the search page, and use the location given by google earth. You can enter a location in that format directly into google earth in the fly to search box.
I leave my gps in "dd mm.mmm" mode which is what uses. There is an option in the "View" tab for Lat/Lon as "Degrees" which is "xx.xxxxxx", or "Degrees, Minutes, Seconds" which is "dd mm ss.ss".
menu item (depends if you are using the PC or Mac version). How do I configure Google Earth to use DD MM.MMM? The other way around is also true, you can setup google earth to show DD MM.MMM