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Garmin Explore does not show/ interpret GPS coordinates correctly (about 2km off from the actual location)

I am having a weird problem. When inputting GPS coordinates into Garmin Explore (Web or Android), the location shown in Explore is plain wrong. Inputting the exact same coordinates n other map programs (OSM, Google Maps etc) results in the correct location

Example: Take coordinates 02°3′25.95″N, 76°22′06.17″W. These are the coordinates of a Lake in Colombia called Lago Margarital. Open Street Map shows the location correctly, Garmin Explore shows a location a few kilometres off, in a residential area.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=02%C2%B036%E2%80%B225.95%E2%80%B3N%2C%2076%C2%B022%E2%80%B206.17%E2%80%B3W#map=19/2.60721/-76.36838

Any idea how to fix this, what is going on here? Coordinates like 02°36′25.95″N, 76°22′06.17″W should be 100% unique, right?

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0 1696517 over 1 year ago

If you select format hddd.ddddd it is spot on

0 Psyches over 1 year ago in reply to 1696517

No it isn't. The coordinates the op gave were 02°3′25.95″N, 76°22′06.17″W which converts to 2.057208, -76.368381. You can easily see the issue by searching for that in the Explore map and it shows "San Agustin, Columbia". That's wrong. Just as Garmin-Leslie said. If you use the Waypoint tool, yeah, it works fine but that's not what this post is about.

At least in the iOS Explore app, it shows the original location clearly now and shows a SEARCH POI result and a Library match list, so set waypoints etc will be shown. But if you want to just "go to" an address (in hddd.ddddd format or any other), don't use Search, it won't do what you want.