Longitude Numbers Greater than 360

[davidpsummers]

I'm trying to land on Eve at a specific longitude. I'm getting weird numbers numbers for missions I've already landed. Like 463 degrees East. I assume 463 degree East is really 103 degrees East?

[The_Rocketeer]

Er... dunno.

Is this a readout from a particular mod or just map display?

Try it out and make sure to let us know!

[Scarecrow88]

The lat/long numbers in this game have always been screwy. Strictly speaking longitude figures shouldn't be higher than 180, but I've seen plenty of examples in the game that don't adhere to this convention, which makes it all rather confusing.

[maltesh]

Yeah, the failure to rectify longitudes has been around since longitudes started being reported in game, if'n I'm not mistaken.

Also, the map screen will claim that anything in the Southern Hemisphere, but less than 1° from the equator (like everything at KSC, for instance) is in the Northern Hemisphere. You can verify this by comparing the lat and lon coordinates in the persistence file to what the map screen claims.