The Old Sod Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Hola! Sorry thats all i know. I am coming to Spain (Barcelona) and want to know what Map datum to set my GPS to, can anyone help. Many thanks, The Old Sod (Sydney, Australia.) Quote Link to comment
+garri Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Keep the WGS84 datum in your settings, for caching our caches as much as for using the maps embeded in your GPSr. If you buy our cartographic maps for a moving map application to your PDA or laptop then use European 1979 datum Quote Link to comment
CarahuevoTeam! Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 If you buy our cartographic maps for a moving map application to your PDA or laptop then use European 1979 datum Sorry Garri, but this datum (European 1979) is not the official for Spain. The official is European 1950. [El datum ED1979 fué un modelo teórico. No abarca toda la península ibérica, y es necesario realizar ajustes por cada comunidad autónoma. La única (según mis informaciones) que alguna vez lo usó para Cartografía oficial, fué la Comunidad de Valencia, ya que sin ajustes se adapta bastante bien a ella. Sin embargo, otras comunidades deben de modificar dicho datum para que se les adaptara bien. Finalmente se desestimó dicho Datum y nunca se llegó a usar como un Datum oficial nacional. Actualmente el datum oficial para Cartografía nacional es el ED1950 (sin más), aunque toda la cartografía que se viene publicando ya durante este año, por fín se ha migrado a ETRS89).] Siento poner esto en Castellano, pero no sabía escribirlo en inglés. Sorry about this spanish paragraph. Best regards... Quote Link to comment
+garri Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Doh! In any case please note that some c maps are in European 1979, at least for those have from Catalunya, but European 1950 is the official one for the whole Country Quote Link to comment
The Old Sod Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 Many Thanks to all for your help, looking forward to visiting your beuatiful country. Regards Rick. (The Old Sod.) Quote Link to comment
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