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Hello, I have found a fossil site referenced not too far from my home. The paper even gives the map coordinates. Trouble is, pasting the coordinates I have into Google Maps brings up zero results. So, I realised google maps replaces the degrees sign with a period. But inputting it in that way brings up a location around 80 miles south of where it is meant to be. If anyone can help me know where I am going wrong, or have a look at the coordinates and pop a pic of its location on a map, I would really appreciate it. Here are the coordinates given: 24°57’32.82’’N, 121°22’50.75’’E Site is meant to be in Shulin. If anyone can help, that would be awesome. Edit: There are also these coordinates of a site very close--unfossilferous, but it was studied. So if this one is of help, it is only about 30 meters awya from the one with fossils: 24°57’37.27’’N, 121°23’00.75’’E Nothing is showing up on Google maps, so I wonder if the coordinates are a different format?
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Sometimes I find myself at a site, say a road cut, where I want to look for fossils but don’t know the local geology. (For “sometimes,” read “often.”) But I always have my phone, so I can get the GPS coordinates where I am. Is there a way to go from GPS coordinates to geologic age of a location? If there is, it’ll be a lot easier to know what sort of fossils I might expect to find.
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