Creating Sites

If sites cannot be imported, create them using the new_network_site for Network Sites or new_sub_site for Subscriber Sites, in the right hand toolbar. In each case set the Maximum Height (which is above ground) for the site. The units are set in the Preferences page (feet or meters). Then either click on the map at the required location or tick the Enter coordinates? box and enter the coordinates.

To change the name of the site or add a description, see Site Page

Latitude and Longitude Formats

The latitude and longitude must be in a format which can be understood and must use the WGS84 frame of reference. The following formats are supported:

Format

Examples

Decimal degrees prefixed by sign to indicate point of Compass:

‘+’ means North or East.

‘-’ means South or West.

+12.34567

-12.34567

Decimal degrees and point of Compass.

12.34567N

12.34567E

Degrees, decimal minutes and point of compass.

12:34.567S

Degrees, minutes, decimal seconds and point of compass.

12:34:56.7W

UTM Reference (North/South hemisphere) and point of Compass:

First two numbers indicate UTM zone number

‘N’ after zone number means North hemisphere

‘S’ after zone number means South hemisphere

33N 453153.6E 3967848.3N

33S 453153.6E 3967848.3N

UTM Reference (with Latitude band) and point of Compass:

First two numbers indicate UTM zone number.

Third letter indicates Latitude band. There are such 20 latitude bands starting from ‘C’ at and increasing up the English alphabet until ‘X’, omitting the letters ‘I’ and ‘O’.

33S 453153.6E 3967848.3N

MGRS Grid Reference

First three letters indicate Grid Zone Designations.

33SVV5315367848

WGS84 is used by Google Earth(TM) and all GPS equipment, but sometimes the GPS is set to some other frame of reference.

note

LINKPlanner stores site coordinates to 5 decimal places (~1m). If the coordinates are entered to a higher precision then the value will be rounded.