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    Directroute And 3d Topo Usa

    in GPS technology and devices

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    Do you know that the two programs reside on your PC and that each of the programs prepare maps which can be up loaded to the GPS? You can load the two different types of map files to the SD card and select between the differend maps depending on what situation you need the map for. There is also a hack that will allow you to put the topo lines on the Direct Route maps and have the best of both worlds on the same map, Direct routing capabilities and topo lines so you can tell tell if DR is taking you over the edge of a cliff before you actually get there, LOL.

    Gps Digital Camera

    in GPS technology and devices

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    As far as Groreferencing a JPG photo, I use RoboGeo. Its pretty cheep and it works great. search for it at www.robogeo.com The price is $34.95 and they have been upgrading it regularly. It works by matching the time stamp on the photo to your track log.

    I also use ExpertGPS which will do similar but also will put a little camera Icon on the track log which is put on a topo map or aerial photomap to show you where you took the photo. I have used it also and it is pretty slick.

    Inputting Coordinates?

    in How do I...?

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    Are you putting decimal minutes or decimal degrees. Even using Decimal degrees will give you accuracy of 5 feet if your GPS could give you accuracy down to that level and if you are using decimal minutes the accuracy should be the same.

    Military Reservations

    in General geocaching topics

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    According to Google there are 3.5 million square miles in the US. If you put caches no closer then 0.10 miles to an adjacent cache, you could put (very roughly) 81 caches per square mile. That would be over 280 million caches in the US. Now if we round down for areas of water and Military related locations and other what nots, we should be able to find say roughly 200 million locations to locate a cache that are located within the allowable hiding places under the current guidelines.

    If you care to take exception to the calculations you are missing the point.

    Explorist Frame Rate Increase

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted · Edited by Muddler

    I do not usually see this kind of information discussed in these forums. You may want to try over on the Yahoo Groups site for the Explorist. They regularly discuss these types of issues. There may be someone here that can give the answer but you may get a faster reply at Yahoo.

    Group Caching Question

    in General geocaching topics

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    I have not read anything about using a Finder's Tree! When we Cache in a group we always have a Finder's Tree. In a "Group Hunt" no one should reveal the location of the cache until everyone or thinks they have found the cache. The first person to locate the cache moves away from the cache's location to a tree or rock and declares" I have found the cache" The cachers that find the cache should remain away from the cache or some even offer hints to the folks having problems making the find. Everyone waits till everyone has found the cache or declared a DNF. Works for us everytime. Everyone gets to try and find the cache and everyone gets to log the find. You need a Finder's Tree, there is one near every cache location.

    Air Force Gps Satellite Accuracy Improved

    in GPS technology and devices

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    Some very interesting replys! But let me ask, if the data I am geting is better by 15 % and the best EPE (even if is is a rough estimate) was 10 feet, wouldn't I now be getting better accuracy and therefore a closer fix on the selected waypoint? What do you think, does the EPE get rounded up or rounded down? The Lawyers would probably want it to round up and marketing would want it to round down. With all that has been said and my further reading on the subject, I hope we are getting closer to the query and not knowing it!

    Loading Latitude & Longitude In Magellan

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I have an older Meridan and it should be the same. Press and hold the goto button.

    It may come up and tell you that there is no loc on sat enter, yes.

    Curser up and name the waypoint. Then curser to the lat long location. press enter. Enter the lat and long you need. press save. Now press Goto, select User, select your waypoint, press enter.

     

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