How do I use coordinates?

[Midnight Jade]

I see people talking about map coordinates, like for example the coordinates for an easter egg, but how do I use these numbers? I know they represent a location, but I don't know how to point that location on a map. Do I NEED automated tools such as MechJeb to find such locations? Does every planet have the same set of coordinates? Or does it change depending on the planet's size?

Can a patient person explain coordinates to me, and how they apply in KSP please?

Edited October 30, 2014 by Midnight Jade

[ratchet freak]

They are latitude and longitude coordinates just like earth's GPS coordinates, Every body has the same set

You can find out your coordinates if you are landed and in the map view,

[Midnight Jade]

What if I'm in orbit, and I have this set of coordinates I'd like to go to? How to find that location?

[AlexinTokyo]

AFAIK there's no way to display the coordinates of a non-landed craft in the stock game.

I use KER (Kerbal Engineer Redux) as my information mod of choice, and its Surface Info screen has latitude and longitude data.

Now if you mean landing at a given set of coordinates, you probably want to go for either MechJeb (which I believe can do it, but I've never used), or add the Trajectories mod, which can display your landing site taking both atmosphere and the body's rotation into account.

[Midnight Jade]

Oh, I was hoping for that functionality in the stock game. I see so many people sharing coordinates for interesting sites that it seemed to me like going to a place based purely on coordinates was a trivial thing. I'll try KER and see what it can do.