+tekfukoi Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Can any one tell me how to project from the way point to find the cashe location. I went to one today and the clue was find some numbers apply this projection and find the cashe. I found easily the numbers but didn't know what to do next, any help? Quote Link to comment
+barondriver Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 How you 'Project a waypoint' depends on the GPS. Some units, you can 'Find' the waypoint you are at..bring up a menu and select 'Project'..enter the degrees and distance..make sure that you have it entered right..you can change the mileage to feet..etc..and then 'Go to' it. Worst scenario.. you can 'Mark' the waypoint that you're at..head off in the direction that it sends you..30° would be northeast..220° would be southwest etc. for the distance. If you add 180° to the degrees it gave you..you can cross check it as you go. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Your GPS should have a projection function - get out the manual and find it. If not - head home with the info and find Fizzymagics Geocalc program - plug in the data and it will tell you where to go. Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 head home with the info and find Fizzymagics Geocalc program - plug in the data and it will tell you where to go. It's now called FizzyCalc. Quote Link to comment
+SgtSue Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Also GSAK has an tool to project a waypoint. Go to Waypoints then down to Project. Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Be Sure that your GPS is set to MAGNETIC NORTH .......I have several caches here in the Yuma, AZ area that are drills in projection,...........The most reocurring problem is the True North vs Magnetic North...setting.......... Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Be Sure that your GPS is set to MAGNETIC NORTH .......I have several caches here in the Yuma, AZ area that are drills in projection,...........The most reocurring problem is the True North vs Magnetic North...setting.......... Actually, he should be sure his GPS is set to whichever setting the projection requires, True or Magnetic. Most projection caches around here (but not all) use true north. (It drives me crazy when the cache creator doesn't specify one way or the other! When that happens, I usually assume true, since most others around here are true.) Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Be Sure that your GPS is set to MAGNETIC NORTH .......I have several caches here in the Yuma, AZ area that are drills in projection,...........The most reocurring problem is the True North vs Magnetic North...setting.......... Actually, he should be sure his GPS is set to whichever setting the projection requires, True or Magnetic. Most projection caches around here (but not all) use true north. (It drives me crazy when the cache creator doesn't specify one way or the other! When that happens, I usually assume true, since most others around here are true.) And here in the West Most all projections are set / use Mag. North But as stated one should note on the cache page which to use...........USE MAG-NORTH ......... (No War Intended) just passing along information............. Quote Link to comment
+tekfukoi Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Be Sure that your GPS is set to MAGNETIC NORTH .......I have several caches here in the Yuma, AZ area that are drills in projection,...........The most reocurring problem is the True North vs Magnetic North...setting.......... Actually, he should be sure his GPS is set to whichever setting the projection requires, True or Magnetic. Most projection caches around here (but not all) use true north. (It drives me crazy when the cache creator doesn't specify one way or the other! When that happens, I usually assume true, since most others around here are true.) And here in the West Most all projections are set / use Mag. North But as stated one should note on the cache page which to use...........USE MAG-NORTH ......... (No War Intended) just passing along information............. Quote Link to comment
+tekfukoi Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Thankyou all for help. I had a look at most of that stuff but I am confused by the numbers, mostly. they were 500S 850W Quote Link to comment
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