+Rocky Balboa Posted July 10, 2002 Posted July 10, 2002 Since i started caching i have only ever used my gps as a means of finding a location. I bung it in my phone holder in my car and follow the arrow to the location, this works pretty well but on occasion really fails to work, for instance qwhen i was in southampton recently attemping to do a cache named without a paddle i think? the arrow took me to the wrong side of the water and it would have involved a long drive to get around it. anyway, enough babbling. I just always hear about how some of you lot can map the coords onto os maps or something along those lines. I am just wondering how? is this kind of software expensive or do you even need software? thanx for any help, Dan. Dan Wilson (Team Dan and Pid) Quote
Moss Trooper Posted July 10, 2002 Posted July 10, 2002 If you just want to have a quick looksee at the imediate area of a cache put the co-ords into streetmap.co.uk. Convert the co-ords to OSGB format (both co-ords and datum) and check it out on a good ole paper map (I never go anywhere without me map an compass) Then again you could use GPSU or Oziexplorer, both will allow you to import scaned map images, you can then calibrate the image and enter the waypoint data or upload it from yer GPS. I personally use Oziexplorer. once you know what you are doing it only takes a minuet or so to calibrate a map. I don't know if it is still available but a freeware program was around to download OSGB maps from the internet. This was Map Grabber from Trail Gauge Moss de Boss... Sorta Quote
+The Northumbrian Posted July 10, 2002 Posted July 10, 2002 I have a set of ordanance survey maps for most of the north of England, and all I do is find the co-ordinates on the map to give me an idea as to where the cache is hidden , I have had some of them for a lot of years and some I bought when I got into this then I can plan the best approach to the site, if I find an obstacle in my way then I have to find an other approach , sometimes its part of the fun having to find a bridge or another means to cross a river, you could also invest in an inflatable dingy or you could carry a load of old Timber and old plastic 5 gallon drums on your roof rack to make a raft. .The ordanace survey site can help you to learn to read a map , If you havn't yet found out how to, its really just Boy scout stuff though.there's another thought, Join the local scout group, you could show the other kids your gps. Quote
+The Northumbrian Posted July 10, 2002 Posted July 10, 2002 I have a set of ordanance survey maps for most of the north of England, and all I do is find the co-ordinates on the map to give me an idea as to where the cache is hidden , I have had some of them for a lot of years and some I bought when I got into this then I can plan the best approach to the site, if I find an obstacle in my way then I have to find an other approach , sometimes its part of the fun having to find a bridge or another means to cross a river, you could also invest in an inflatable dingy or you could carry a load of old Timber and old plastic 5 gallon drums on your roof rack to make a raft. .The ordanace survey site can help you to learn to read a map , If you havn't yet found out how to, its really just Boy scout stuff though.there's another thought, Join the local scout group, you could show the other kids your gps. Quote
+cone_dxf & family Posted July 10, 2002 Posted July 10, 2002 I use the excellent spreadsheet from chris, which does the conversion, and contains a quicklink to either OS or better still streetmap.co.uk. Streetmap then produces you a decent section of OS map with the location at the centre. Details of how to obtain Chris's spreadsheet at http://www.sheps.clara.net/ Quote
+The Hornet Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 I use Memory Map Navigator along with a complete set of OS 1:50,000 maps for England on CD. I either download new waypoints into EasyGPS or use Rob's brilliant download routines to get regularly updated sets of data. Either way you can easily import this data into MM Navigator which displays the appropriate OS map with all the waypoints highlighted. You can then print off any maps on convenient A4 sheets complete with waypoints. The only downside is that at present MM Navigator only supports direct import/export to Garmin units but I'm trying to get them to expand the list. In any case I've worked out a routine for loading waypoints from EasyGPS into MM Nav which means I can continue to use the system with my new Magellan Platinum (which by the way includes maps which is what you wanted in the first place ) Quote
+The Hornet Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 I use Memory Map Navigator along with a complete set of OS 1:50,000 maps for England on CD. I either download new waypoints into EasyGPS or use Rob's brilliant download routines to get regularly updated sets of data. Either way you can easily import this data into MM Navigator which displays the appropriate OS map with all the waypoints highlighted. You can then print off any maps on convenient A4 sheets complete with waypoints. The only downside is that at present MM Navigator only supports direct import/export to Garmin units but I'm trying to get them to expand the list. In any case I've worked out a routine for loading waypoints from EasyGPS into MM Nav which means I can continue to use the system with my new Magellan Platinum (which by the way includes maps which is what you wanted in the first place ) Quote
+jeremyp Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 I enter the coordinates of the caches I want to do into Autoroute to get a route, then because I have a Vista I use Mapsource to get the routes into my GPS. When I'm actually doing the caches, I'll take an OS map with me (or a print out from Streetmap.co.uk) so that I know where the public footpaths in the area are. With the aid of a road atlas to get to the general area, you could do it with just the Streetmap printout. If you're working from an OS map, don't forget that you need to change your datum to OSGB36 as well as the coordinate format to OS grid ref. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching Quote
+McDeHack Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 If you get a COPY of Mapsource (Some have been seen in caches recently) just put in the co-ords and go 'Show on map' then print it out. You can set the scale to whatever you wish. Also yes take a compass. Quote
+McDeHack Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 If you get a COPY of Mapsource (Some have been seen in caches recently) just put in the co-ords and go 'Show on map' then print it out. You can set the scale to whatever you wish. Also yes take a compass. --------- Where's yer cache.. Quote
Ben Pid Posted July 11, 2002 Posted July 11, 2002 Dan ya Donut! I have been asking you go and pick up the copy of Peters CD at his house for weeks but you can never be bothered to drive there.....then you write this post...LoL....Confusing! Pid Watch out its a Golfcourse... (Team Dan and Pid) Quote
+jeremyp Posted July 13, 2002 Posted July 13, 2002 Just a small reminder, copying Mapsource is technically illegal and could get you in trouble if anybody from Garmin happens to read these forums. ------- jeremyp The second ten million caches were the worst too. http://www.jeremyp.net/geocaching Quote
+Naefearjustbeer Posted July 22, 2002 Posted July 22, 2002 I have just downloaded the spreadsheet from http://www.sheps.clara.net/ I take it I just put the co ord from a cache page in and it converts it to ordnance survey? If so I can then have my gps set to os survey GB and British Grid instead of wgs84 and hddd.mm.mmm or am I not catching the drift of things properly Quote
Moss Trooper Posted July 22, 2002 Posted July 22, 2002 Naefear. What GPS do you have, asking this because if you have a Vista.. not sure bout the rest of Etrex range.. but if you upgrade to latest firmware you can get the best of both worlds.. OSGB and Lat/Long on same page.. Moss de Boss... Sorta Quote
+Naefearjustbeer Posted July 22, 2002 Posted July 22, 2002 My GPS is the basic etrex model. I have it set on wgs84 map Datum and hddd.mm.mmmm position format I have succesfully found a couple of caches downloading the waypoints using easygps. I have placed my own cache now and am worried because when I put the Lat and long into the spreadsheet and looked at www.streetmap.co.uk it pointed into the sea. Maybe I am using the spreadsheet wrong!! but the more I try to find out about things the more confused I get Quote
Moss Trooper Posted July 22, 2002 Posted July 22, 2002 Sounds like you aint doing the conversion right.. Remember that when playin around with Grids you also have to take into account the datum.. Email me and I will help you through .. Tommorow.. late ere Moss de Boss... Sorta Quote
Moss Trooper Posted July 22, 2002 Posted July 22, 2002 Sounds like you aint doing the conversion right.. Remember that when playin around with Grids you also have to take into account the datum.. Email me and I will help you through .. Tommorow.. late ere Moss de Boss... Sorta Quote
+Chris n Maria Posted July 23, 2002 Posted July 23, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Naefearjustbeer:My GPS is the basic etrex model. I have it set on wgs84 map Datum and hddd.mm.mmmm position format I have succesfully found a couple of caches downloading the waypoints using easygps. I have placed my own cache now and am worried because when I put the Lat and long into the spreadsheet and looked at http://www.streetmap.co.uk it pointed into the sea. Maybe I am using the spreadsheet wrong!! but the more I try to find out about things the more confused I get You havn't got East & West round the wrong way by any chance? Chris "We're not lost - we just don't know where we are" London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net Quote
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