#use wml::debian::template title="Developer Locations" MAINPAGE="true" #use wml::debian::recent_list
The map below was generated from an anonymized list of developer coordinates using the program xplanet.
If you would like to add your coordinates to your database entry, log in to the Debian Developers' Database and modify your entry. If you don't know the coordinates of your home town, you can use OpenStreetMap to look them up. Search for your city and select the direction arrows next to the search field. Drag the green marker to the OSM map, and the coordinates will appear in the From field.
The format for coordinates is one of the following:
+-DDD.DDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
. Programs like
Xearth and many other positioning web sites use it. The precision is
limited to 4 or 5 decimals.+-DDDMM.MMMMMMMMMMMMM
. It's not
arithmetic, but a packed representation of two separate units: degrees
and minutes. This output is common with some types of handheld GPS
devices and NMEA format GPS messages.+-DDDMMSS.SSSSSSSSSSS
. Like DGM, it's
not arithmetic, but a packed representation of three separate units:
degrees, minutes, and seconds. This output is typically derived
from web sites which give 3 values for each position. For example,
34:50:12.24523 North
might be the given position, and in
DGMS it would be +0345012.24523
.
Please note: +
is North for latitude,
+
is East for longitude. It's important to specify enough
leading zeros to dis-ambiguate the format being used if your position
is less than 2 degrees from a zero point.