Balloburn Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Are there any online mapping service where one can get coordinates in degrees and minutes? The reason is, one could then add these coordinates to ones Etrex to make waypoints. Which would come very handy when planning future routes to follow. Quote Link to comment
+HazelS Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Are there any online mapping service where one can get coordinates in degrees and minutes? The reason is, one could then add these coordinates to ones Etrex to make waypoints. Which would come very handy when planning future routes to follow. Of course, you could just use the Caches along a route option... if you're a premium member. Thanks to camping events I travel up and down the country all summer, and always plan my caches along the way using caches along a route. Quote Link to comment
Edgemaster Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Google Earth will do it in DMS or Decimal Degrees, change the settings on your etrex to use one of these formats. Quote Link to comment
+tteggod trackers Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 You can change the settings on Google earth to degrees decimal minutes.This is done in the preferences in one of the drop down menus. I just just checked the position of one of my own caches and the co ordinates were spot on. I think the kml files show less accuracy. Quote Link to comment
Deceangi Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 You can change the settings on Google earth to degrees decimal minutes.This is done in the preferences in one of the drop down menus. I just just checked the position of one of my own caches and the co ordinates were spot on. I think the kml files show less accuracy. GC's KML files are deliberately inaccurate as the whole purpose of the hobby is to use a GPS to find the container Quote Link to comment
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 GC's KML files are deliberately inaccurate as the whole purpose of the hobby is to use a GPS to find the container There are containers!!!! So that's where I've been going wrong Quote Link to comment
Deceangi Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 GC's KML files are deliberately inaccurate as the whole purpose of the hobby is to use a GPS to find the container There are containers!!!! So that's where I've been going wrong Ah a Waymarker whose just discovered Geocaching Quote Link to comment
Balloburn Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 I'm a newbie to this caching lark. I'm a keen MTBiker, and log coordinates from planned routes into my GPS to keep me on track. In the past when using British Grid on the GPS, it was always pretty inaccurate. Was hoping the OS mapping service "GET A MAP" would do coordinates in degrees and minutes. Why is British Grid so inaccurate on GPS? Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Got it set to the correct datum? Quote Link to comment
Deceangi Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Having one of the datums set wrong is a common positional error, the correct settings are Settings for OS GB Position Format: British Grid Map Datum: Ord Srvy GB Settings for WGS 84 [Latitude and Longitude as used by GC.com] Position Format: hddd°mm.mmm Map Datum: WGS 84 Quote Link to comment
Balloburn Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 It all makes sense now. Thank you very much for that. WGS84 for Geocaching, and Ord Srvy GB when navigating with OS maps. Ta very much. Quote Link to comment
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