Re: Can't find Manzanita Lake in Lasen PArk in CA

From: PeterM (rpm_at_NOSPAM.dcn.org)
Date: 07/05/04 

Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:00:21 -0700

Bless you all for being so nice, I got my download, and am running Mapsource
6.3 now. One more question, If I were to buy the CD for the parks, would it
show me the area where they park, the authorized area I mean? Or am I just
kidding myself as far as the scale is concerned.
Best to you all again............Peter

"Gary S." <Idontwantspam@net> wrote in message
news:4s7je0ladfhnk4krrb12dbh6hgksh9192h@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:06:39 +0000 (UTC), dold@CanXtXfind.usenet.us.com
> wrote:
>
> >http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
> >will let you locate Manzanita Lake.
> >Then you could copy-paste those coordinates to your GPS-program.
> >
> >The locations are in Degrees-Minutes-Seconds, so they aren't sufficient
> >as-is for hiking or something, but if you copy them to a program for
> >orientation, you can produce your own waypoint.
>
> How is this not sufficient?
>
> Most all GPSr, and all software that uses coordinates, can deal with
> that format. There are also many ways to convert.
>
> DDD.dddd or DDD MM.mmmm may be more common or easier to use, but the
> conversion is not difficult.
>
> Most paper topo maps have minutes and seconds marked along the
> borders.
>
> Working with maps and navigation requires being able to deal with
> different coordinate systems, as there are no real standards.
>
> That site looks very helpful, BTW, although the way they display the
> DDD MM SS coordiaates could easily be confusing.
>
> Happy trails,
> Gary (net.yogi.bear)
> ------------------------------------------------
> at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence
>
> Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
> Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

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