Bonaro Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I do a lot of prospecting for gold. This includes navigating to locations harvested from old maps and the staking of actual mining claims in the middle of nowhere. I have a Garmin 60CSx with Mapsource topo maps and it serves me well except I cannot easily make it do one important task I need to create a calculated way point, plot it on the map and then navigate to it so I can plant a post in the ground. Here is the scenario. I am standing at a post in the ground (or working from a saved waypoint) and I want to create a new way point which is 1320 feet away on a heading of 90 degrees (due east in this example). Then from that way point I want to project the next way point 660 feet @ 180 degrees (south. the goal is to create a rectangular area which is 1320 x 660 or 20 acres in size. being able to do this both in the field and in the office is a huge benefit. How is it done? Link to comment
jholly Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 You can project a waypoint on the 60, mapsource does not have that facility. You could try to use the distance tool in mapsource, but it is klutzy. Link to comment
Bonaro Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 You can project a waypoint on the 60, mapsource does not have that facility. You could try to use the distance tool in mapsource, but it is klutzy. I have bumbled around with projecting a waypoint and the process is very painful with lots of trial and error. Can you give a short tutorial on how it should be done? Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Not really a Geocaching related issue, is it? Perhaps the OP should consider reading the manual that came with their equipment? Link to comment
+Markwell Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Yep. Not really geocaching... Link to comment
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