Directions given in longitude and latitude! Help!

[notacooldad]

I am going on a course and the directions I have been given are
Latitude 53.15182
Longitude-3.82659 TownTrefriw
County Conwy.

I don't want to sound completely think but how do I work out how to get there without ringing up and asking!

[NetballHoop]

I think you can paste them into Google maps and it works them out for you.

[TheCrowFromBelow]

Paste the numbers into googlempas with a comma between them and no words
It will drop a pin
Looks nice

[TheCrowFromBelow]

GoogleMAPS

[notacooldad]

Thanks!
Before I posted on MN I copied and pasted and clicked maps and it didn't recognize.
I have just tried without the comma and it has put me in the middle of the North Sea and says no route found!
I'll have another go!

[NetballHoop]

You have to put them in in the right order.
Try: 53.151820 , -3.826590

[BarbaraofSeville]

Google comes up with the following link:

www.latlong.net/place/llanrwst-conwy-north-wales-uk-15862.html

Comes up with a building with a little hat icon that looks like some kind of educational establishment?

[MitziK]

I just found MTA course details from searching using MS Edge. The site has a map.


Surely, this is sort of thing you need to be able to do before starting such a course? Otherwise, perhaps one on basic navigation would be a better start?

[BrownOwlknowsbest]

Does this help? www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/wales/wales/conwy/trefriw/#map

[TheCrowFromBelow]

I have just tried without the comma and it has put me in the middle of the North Sea and says no route found!
@notacooldad
The minus sign is quite an important part of the longitude number

But honestly just call them!

[chomalungma]

You need What 3 words.

Accurate to 3 x 3 m.

[SillyBub]

You need What 3 words.

dignitary.scooters.mornings

You're welcome

[DoctorTwo]

I've just put the coordinates into Waze on my phone and it comes up as being off the B5106 near Trefriw.

[notacooldad]

Surely, this is sort of thing you need to be able to do before starting such a course? Otherwise, perhaps one on basic navigation would be a better start?
Ouch!
I normally use OS Grid references. I have never used long attitude and latitude for locations ever!!
I actually have 3 little words on my phone and never thought to have used it. I normally use OS maps or viewranger for walking or Google maps for driving/public transport/ unfamilar cities and towns.

[stripeypillowcase]

old style navi used to work with the coordinates.
as pp says, google maps allows you to do that as well.

[DGRossetti]

The most "exciting" innovation in navigation for years is What Three Words, which uses a 3-word combination to cover every 3m square on the globe

what3words.com/daring.lion.race

Maybe the course organisers could drag their sorry asses into the 21st century (W3W has been around for at least 4 years) and use that ?

[notacooldad]

DGRossetti
It is an excellent tool! I don't know why I didn't think to use it.
Probably because I was doing some work on my lap top in the attic and my phone was down a few flights of stairs in the kitchen!!
I feel a bit of a dim knob now!!

[DGRossetti]

It is an excellent tool! I don't know why I didn't think to use it.

Don't worry, hardly anyone else in the UK does either (although I was cheered to read the AA recognise it).

[chomalungma]

I was on a First Aid course recently. The organiser asked how we could tell someone where we were.

Various talks about GPS, mobile phone location.

I mentioned W3W. The First Aid person sang its praises.

[notacooldad]

Don't worry, hardly anyone else in the UK does either (although I was cheered to read the AA recognise it)
Some of the walking groups on Meetup use it. I think that is where I first came across it a couple of years ago. I remember mentioning to people at work and they hadn't come across it.

[BarbaraofSeville]

I didn't know anything about these three words until there was a news story about how it had been used to locate and help rescue a kitten from a grass verge in the middle of one of the busiest roads in my city.

I now have the app on my phone.

[DGRossetti]

When I was reporting an accident to RSA insurance, the form only takes road names (possibly the least effective way of identifying a location after "over there").

No lat/long (17th Century) no OS Grid Reference (18th Century). So W3W would have blown their minds.

[backinthebox]

Everyone should have What 3 Words on their phone. I ride in some fairly remote places and we have used it to get assistance when we've had an injury in our group. The UK ambulance service know it and use it regularly, and will certainly know what you are talking about if asked to pinpoint a location.