NZ GPS overseas

[thetravelbugtribe]

Hi All,

 

We have the basic Garmin Etrex gps and it is still set to the setting when we bought it recently here in NZ (sorry, dont have it on me to tell you but WGS84 rings a bell).

 

We want to take it to the UK with us and go geocaching there, but what settings do we need to change? Can we use the same datum / geo datum? We are pretty new to using a GPS and dont want to go round in circles looking for caches!

 

Thanks heaps,

 

Karen & Colin

[+the.pud]

Hi All,

 

We have the basic Garmin Etrex gps and it is still set to the setting when we bought it recently here in NZ (sorry, dont have it on me to tell you but WGS84 rings a bell).

 

We want to take it to the UK with us and go geocaching there, but what settings do we need to change? Can we use the same datum / geo datum? We are pretty new to using a GPS and dont want to go round in circles looking for caches!

 

Thanks heaps,

 

Karen & Colin

 

Hi

 

If it's set on WGS84 then you will be fine in the UK.

The settings are all the same.

 

Cheers

 

BTW there are other forums that most of the NZ cachers hang out in.

 

http://forums.gps.org.nz/index.php

http://www.kiwicaching.org/

[+FuzzyBears]

We took our yellow Etrex to New Zealand without any fiddling with it but you will have to wait patiently while it works out it's half a world away from when you last switched it on. Mine took about fifteen minutes when I returned to the UK before it realised it was N52 E0 not S50 E180 ish. Have a great time over here and if you come to Norfolk/ Suffolk let us know and we might be able to meet up.

 

Sue FuzzyBears