pioneerparker Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 being old-fashioned & wanting to teach children how to read a map before investing in a GPS I'm still poltting on a map with a pencil. having just encountered my first multi-cache ow do i convert from WGS84 to a set of coordinates i can draw on an OS map? Is there are a really simple way as my maths is not that advanced either - a free download? Quote Link to comment
+tteggod trackers Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) just did a search on google does this help? wgs84 conversion this too at bottom but looks complicated wgs84 help Edited April 16, 2006 by tteggod trackers Quote Link to comment
+tteggod trackers Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 this may be the answer?converter Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Every cache on www.geocaching.com has British grid coordinates along with the normal N 51 and W 000 ones. ie the TQ number is British Grid.I use the TQ number on www.multimap.com to get a very accurate map of where the cache is.(remember to delete the space between the numbers). Quote Link to comment
+cobie Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 (edited) And the there is http://www.osconverter.co.uk Edited April 16, 2006 by cobie Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Ah.... if you want to give the children a challenge then try our GCQBKN cache! It is done using the OSGB reference. I'm sure other geocachers will point you in similar directions to other caches that need a certain amount of map reading skill to solve! Chris Quote Link to comment
+Chris n Maria Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 and of course theres Waypoint Workbench Quote Link to comment
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