Is There Anyway To Show Os Co Ords?

[+crunchiespg]

i use GSAK and Cachemate for my paperless caching.

but i have noticed a striking gap. the cachemate logs do not have the UK OS co ords as the geocaching.com pages have.

this is causing problems when caching in small lanes, as one often ends up going the wrong way.

 

is there anyway i can set it so cachemate contains the uk os co ords?

thanks

[+MicknMands]

not a great expert, but the conversion to OS coords is surprisingly complicated and not built into cachemate as far as I can tell.

 

When I need to convert co-ords I enter them into my GPS as WGS84 datum in hh mm.mmmm then change to OSGB settings. It's a bit fiddly but it works really well and with some accuracy on my little yellow eTrex!

 

Often conversion programs are too innacurate for geocaching, but the gps seems to have excellent accuracy (within a few metres).

 

Don't forget you need to change both the datum and the display format for this to relate properly to your OS maps.

 

Hope this is of some use....

[+MicknMands]

not a great expert, but the conversion to OS coords is surprisingly complicated and not built into cachemate as far as I can tell.

 

When I need to convert co-ords I enter them into my GPS as WGS84 datum in hh mm.mmmm then change to OSGB settings. It's a bit fiddly but it works really well and with some accuracy on my little yellow eTrex!

 

Often conversion programs are too innacurate for geocaching, but the gps seems to have excellent accuracy (within a few metres).

 

Don't forget you need to change both the datum and the display format for this to relate properly to your OS maps.

 

Hope this is of some use....

[+crunchiespg]

not a great expert, but the conversion to OS coords is surprisingly complicated and not built into cachemate as far as I can tell.

 

When I need to convert co-ords I enter them into my GPS as WGS84 datum in hh mm.mmmm then change to OSGB settings. It's a bit fiddly but it works really well and with some accuracy on my little yellow eTrex!

 

Often conversion programs are too innacurate for geocaching, but the gps seems to have excellent accuracy (within a few metres).

 

Don't forget you need to change both the datum and the display format for this to relate properly to your OS maps.

 

Hope this is of some use....

yeh but surely it doesnt need to convert the co ords. as they are on the www.geocaching.com page anyway.

[+MarkGPX]

yeh but surely it doesnt need to convert the co ords. as they are on the www.geocaching.com page anyway.

But OSGB co-ords aren't included in the GPX downloads that you put into GSAK.

[+crunchiespg]

yeh but surely it doesnt need to convert the co ords. as they are on the www.geocaching.com page anyway.

But OSGB co-ords aren't included in the GPX downloads that you put into GSAK.

Ah, thats the crux of the problemn then.

 

hadnt noticed that..

 

me thinks its time to e mail the .com people and asking for it to be included.

[+Bill D (wwh)]

There's a program for the Palm called Mimee which converts WGS84 lat/long to OSGB36 OS grid refs, and many other datum and co-ord combinations too.

 

I realise it isn't quite what you're looking for, but you may still find it useful. I use it for converting co-ords of multis in the field, so that I can then find the spot on the map.

[+crunchiespg]

There's a program for the Palm called Mimee which converts WGS84 lat/long to OSGB36 OS grid refs, and many other datum and co-ord combinations too.

 

I realise it isn't quite what you're looking for, but you may still find it useful. I use it for converting co-ords of multis in the field, so that I can then find the spot on the map.

thanks for that.

ill give it a try, it should do the job just nicely until the nice people at .com change it to show them...

[+Bill D (wwh)]

crunchiespg wrote:

thanks for that.  ill give it a try...

It does a good job, but it's not too user-friendly until you've got the hang of it - if you have any problems with it feel free to email me through my profile.

[+Bob Smith]

I have 2 GPS receivers, one Magellan and the other Garmin, both allow me to display WGS84 and OS co-ords at the same time, don't know if this is true for all GPS receivers.

 

Bob

[+walkergeoff and wife]

I actually emailed SmittyWare about this, and had an almost immediate reply:

 

I can likely at least get the Coordinates Format to

allow British Grid display, similar to what I did for Dutch Grid

projections... just a matter of finding the datum conversion factors

(that'll be the easiest part I think), grid settings and the math for

Transverse Mercator :-)

 

I'll look into it, but can't really promise a time frame at the moment.

 

After reading this thread, I have emailed him with the obvious point that no conversion is needed, as the info is in the page itself.

 

I'll keep you informed.

[+Bill D (wwh)]

Bob Smith wrote:

I have 2 GPS receivers, one Magellan and the other Garmin, both allow me to display WGS84 and OS co-ords at the same time, don't know if this is true for all GPS receivers.

It's not true for all, unfortunately. I imagine they'll all display both, but not necessarily at the same time. On my MLR I have to change both the datum and the co-ords/grid ref manually to see OS, then change both back again.

[+Bill D (wwh)]

walkergeoff wrote:

I actually emailed SmittyWare about this...

 

...After reading this thread, I have emailed him with the obvious point that no conversion is needed, as the info is in the page itself.

The info is in the page, but unfortunately it's not in the gpx files, so it doesn't reach CacheMate.

[+walkergeoff and wife]

walkergeoff wrote:

I actually emailed SmittyWare about this...

 

...After reading this thread, I have emailed him with the obvious point that no conversion is needed, as the info is in the page itself.

The info is in the page, but unfortunately it's not in the gpx files, so it doesn't reach CacheMate.

Oops!! That makes it quite a bit harder for him.

 

Any chance of bullying the people who do the gpx files?

Edited August 13, 2005 by walkergeoff

[+Pengy&Tigger]

I doubt they would do that. If they do it for us, then every country will want their particular format adding in.

 

T

[+walkergeoff and wife]

There is now a plug in for Cachemate that converts the co-ords in the gpx files into various formats, including GB Grid.

 

It can be downloaded from here.

 

Many thanks to Brian Smith of Smittyware, author of the program, for a very quick response to a request for this.

[+crunchiespg]

works great.

 

another great reason to pay $8 for this quality software.

 

i just wish geocaching.com were as customer orientated as some of the software makers.

[+Snosrap]

Many thanks to Brian Smith of Smittyware, author of the program, for a very quick response to a request for this.

Fantastic service!!

 

Brian Smith is an absolute star. Another great reason to use Cachemate!

[+Bill D (wwh)]

walkergeoff wrote:

There is now a plug in for Cachemate that converts the co-ords in the gpx files into various formats, including GB Grid.

That's really good, and many thanks to Brian Smith for producing it! I'll still be using Mimee as well, though, as the plug-in only converts the co-ords at the top of the page.

[+walkergeoff and wife]

I'll still be using Mimee as well, though, as the plug-in only converts the co-ords at the top of the page.

 

I think that with the plug-in and Mimee we have the complete solution. The plug in is ideal for when you are out caching and do a nearest cache search with Cachemate, because it is simplicity itself with the plug-in to get the OSGB co-ords so that you can locate it on a map and plan the best route to get there.

 

Mimee comes into its own when out doing multis, where there is usually a calculation to find the next co-rds. Once these are calculated, Mimee will give the OSGB for you, again enabling you to locate it on a map and find the best route.

[+Bill D (wwh)]

walkergeoff wrote:

I think that with the plug-in and Mimee we have the complete solution.

I agree absolutely!