UTM data - Do you have a Series 60 phone with GPS capability, such as Nokia E90 or N95, and want to use the GPS satellite information to locate your position with normal printed paper maps?
I tried to do this in the French Alps with the IGN topographic maps. What I found was the coordinates shown in the phone are in decimal format; but the French maps like IGN TOP25 have Universal Transverse Mercator UTM gridlines which are impossible to convert in your head from the decimal lat/lon format shown in the phone. (Go to Wikipedia and other web pages if you want to understand what all that means .. back to school geography lessons for you!).
So I looked for S60 software to display GPS decimal coordinates as UTM and other grid coordinate formats such as OSGB for the UK. In the end I wrote this Java [J2ME] application myself. Here it is for you to download and use. It’s simple with the main view for the current GPS location in several coordinate types:
- degrees in decimals (WGS84 datum)
- degrees-minutes-seconds (WGS84 datum)
- dd mm.mmm (WGS84 datum)
- UTM coordinates (WGS84 datum) in metres
- MGRS coordinates (WGS84 datum) option
- OSGB coordinates (1936 datum) shown when in the UK
There are also several other indicators such as position accuracy, altitude, speed relative to ground, heading in degrees relative to true North, bearing and distance to a landmark, distance to north pole and south pole and equator, civil twilight, sunrise and sunset times, time and date of the last captured position.
Before travelling check your paper map is printed with one of these gridline and datum formats (US maps with UTM grids using either NAD27 or NAD83 datums are not supported) and test the application coordinates against your map before real use! I doubt I'll be adding support for any other datums or country coordinates as these two cover the activities I need in UK and France. Other applications like Nokia GPS data and Nokia Sportstracker have lots more functionality for navigation and can run in the device at the same time as UTM data.
Two additional views provide a Compass bearing to a selected landmark from the device landmark store, and a Map view to a world map. Toggle between these views using Left/Right or "8" key.
Like it? Share with your friends!
If you got an error while installing Themes, Software or Games, please, read FAQ.
SmartGPX SmartGPX is a geocaching.com Pocket Query viewer for Symbian OS based phones. It is designed to be as simple as possible. You can hold your GPS receiver in one hand and your Symbian OS device in the other hand to view your location and the cache description at the same time
Best GSM Navigator s60v5 By NIKSK Best GSM Navigator s60v5 By NIKSK - Allows performing various actions depending on location. The location can be determined by GSM cells as well as GPS data. A useful tool working with GSM cells and GPS position data
CellPos Records the position of gsm cells automatically using a Bluetooth-capable GPS receiver
GPS Info Qt GPS Info Qt - A simple Qt application that shows your GPS information that is not normally available. After a valid Signal is found, it shows your current position and average position, satellites in use and view. Along with showing signal strength there is an option to map your position via Nokia Maps
FON Access Points for Croatia FON Access Points for Croatia - FON offers you a new Points of Interest service (POIs). This allows you to download FONspots directly to your navigation device.
What does that mean? You can download a Points of Interest file directly to your navigation device
iGolfScorer GPS (Sony Ericsson P910i) iGolfScorer GPS (Sony Ericsson P910i) - Would you like to improve your golf game? Developed by golfers - for golfers, iGolfScorer GPS makes improving your golf game even more fun! Underneath its simple and intuitive user interface lies a highly sophisticated mobile golfing application packed to capacity with features
Symarctic ExtGPS Symarctic ExtGPS allows you to use your phone's built-in GPS module externally on laptop via Bluetooth. It is mainly targeted for Nokia N95, E90, 6110 Navigator handsets, allowing you to use existing, more sophisticated GIS applications
FON Access Points for United Arab Emirates FON Access Points for United Arab Emirates - FON offers you a new Points of Interest service (POIs). This allows you to download FONspots directly to your navigation device.
What does that mean? You can download a Points of Interest file directly to your navigation device
Buddycloud Buddycloud- takes your mobile's address book, mashes it up with our location fingerprint technology and then feeds the results back to your buddies. Buddycloud pushes (and pulls) your location, mood and intended next location to everyone else in your address book
Livecontacts Localizer 2nd Edition Livecontacts Localizer - GSM Tracker software to change you GSM into a GPS device!
* Know where you are
* Share your location along the way
* Stay connected with people you care about
Livecontacts is the first GPS enabled service that brings you an array of features you can not find anywhere else.
GPS-enabled maps, directions, and points of interest
Comments on UTM data:
Comments not found
If you noted an error or download link is broken, please, report it via this page or use comments.
Please, select device to check if UTM data supports it
