basic GPS question for my GPS 72
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 23, 2005 at 23:30
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mik*2
I am trying to put some waypoints from a 4WD book i have. Can someone explain the following points to me...
Zone 50J??????
373 142mE 6 521 116mN??????
I'm guessing that the m in the mE and mN is magnetic north and east right? but as far as the coordinates go, i'm tring to put them in my GPS and they appear to be in the wrong format. The choices amongst others in my GPS 72 are;
hddd mm.mmm----------hddd mm ss.s--------hddd.dddd....
which is the correct format to use? What about "north reference" is "true" right or shoud i use "magnetic"??
Which one should i use to be able to enter the above coordinates?
cheers
mike
Reply By: Brian - Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 00:18
Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 00:18
Mik is this a point 38km nth of waneroo on the highway ???
These are UTM co-ordnates. what datum do they quote ? WGS84 ???
"hddd mm.mmm----------hddd mm ss.s--------hddd.dddd..." is for Lat long co-ords not utm the setting on garmin for utm should be UTM UPS!
"I'm guessing that the m in the mE and mN is magnetic north and east right?" NO the "m" refers to Meters East and Nth
"What about "north reference" is "true" right or shoud i use "magnetic"??" what ever it makes no difference when it is use in the car.. different when using with map or compasss!!!
Hope this helps
Brian
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Follow Up By: mik*2 - Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 00:31
Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 00:31
yep, you got the right spot, its actually wilbunga road...going that way on monday for a fish....The datum they say is Australian geodetic 66.
cheers
mike
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Follow Up By: Brian - Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 01:04
Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 01:04
Thats great
You will need to put "Aus geod 66" in Map datum to get the exact point!!
Once you have entered the waypoint and entered it then you can change the datum back to WGS84.
Brian
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