Re: Why doesn't GPSmap 76C convert to British Grid?

From: Bruce Stemplewski (Bruce.Stemplewski_at_nospamstempsoft.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 23:21:10 GMT

Stuart Middleton-White wrote:
> Bruce Stemplewski <Bruce.Stemplewski@nospamstempsoft.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I have some waypoints entered in to the GPS under degrees WGS 84.
>
>
> Are those waypoints in the UK? I selected the British Grid
> (automatically selected "Ord Srvy GB" datum) in my 76CS and my US
> waypoints didn't show any position (i.e. just dashes). I created a
> waypoint in the UK and it then worked.
>
>
>>In fact it does not seem to convert to any of the Datums or Postion
>>formats that I tried other than degrees, degrees/minutes and
>>degrees/minutes/seconds.
>
>
> I have no idea what you mean.
>
> ---
> Don't feed trolls--it only makes them grow!
Ahh didn't realize it has to be in the Grid. Or I should say I did not
realize the Grid did not cover the whole world.

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