Re: Garmin GPS Long & Lat help

U Turn <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am trying to add way points manualy to my GPSs (old eMap and eTrex).

My problem is converting the long & lats to Garmins format. Some
sources use decimal, while others use deg/min/sec, and I have found
many converters on-line, however, Garmin, for some reason, uses a
combination of the two, IE; N34 (degrees) 12.617'.

I wouldn't do the conversions manually.

Setup-Units allows you to select the input format. Page 35 in the manual.
"The default position format (and the one most commonly used) for the
eTrex is latitude and longitude in degrees and minutes (hddd mm.mmm). You
may also choose from 17 other position formats."

I used ddd.mmm.

I find entering data on the GPS to be tedious. I prefer to enter
waypoints on a PC and transfer them. G7toWin might be a good choice.
http://www.gpsinformation.org/ronh/
Toggling the preference in G7toWin would let you do the conversion,
observing the two displays.


--
Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5
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