Boardchick68 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Hi! I'm completely new to this malarky and have just gotten my Etrex, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to put the coordinates in!! I was told in another post that I should be able to enter it manually, but maybe I'm missing something? I've been looking at a cache I wanted to hunt for with my kids today, and I presume you should enter this: N52° 20.149 W 001° 33.227 ? If not, please educate me! The only thing I found that can be altered in way of coordinates looks like this: SP 284 BNG 70715, and I presume that has something to do with the British National Grid? Please help!! Quote Link to comment
+SkiBums (UK) Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 (edited) you have the wrong position format setup you need to change it to hddd mm.mmm' Go to main menu set up units and then select hddd mm.mmm' position format then when you input the coords N52° 20.149 W 001° 33.227 you'll have the correct format Edited July 11, 2010 by SkiBums (UK) Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 AND datum to WGS84 not OSGB! Quote Link to comment
+Graculus Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I've got some information about using a GPS and the coordinate format (as mentioned above) on my resource website here. Chris Graculus Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk Geocaching.com Knowledge Books Quote Link to comment
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