How to correctly document a waypoints.

It is wgs 84.
And the spot is dead on.
Advertise it at the said co-ordinates with the added bit WGS 84.

Hi KiwiAngler
yep that is spot on we are on the northern side of Ween Street so that means the info is right thanks
Leighton

Hi Max.
Yes we do subscribe to the AAA tourism who are associated with NRMA RACV & RACQ this is the only organisation who have a consistent evaluation for the star rating.
We also survey every one of our customers to find out why they stopped in our park and one of the questions relates to the magazine they used to find us. The most common reply to this is the RACV,NRMA RACQ books, so that is also a major reason for us to continue with them.
We are not affiliated to any caravan park chain like Big 4 or Family parks because it costs us so much to join and then we have to give the members a discount so the only way to be profitable is to increase the site fees to ensure these organisations can pay for all their overheads. So what happens in the end, you guys out there pay more, because you are the only ones putting the money into the merry-go-round.
We do subscribe to some other site on the internet that now brings us up first in Google and it has greatly improved our hit rate. We are a small park and want to grow it and need to do as much promotion as possible. The people who stay here also tell us that the best promotion is word of mouth so we work very hard to ensure we exceed every customers expectations (fresh jam and cream scones delivered to your site around 16:00 on most days) but now I am going on too much sorry.

Hope this answered you question Max

Leighton

Hello Dave - hope all is well - while no expert on the subject and at the risk of sounding pedantic - I think that it is good practice to also identify decimal degrees with a symbol...while those using your great system (and other experienced map readers) can/will safely assume they are degrees who is to say that (for example) -35.4563 55.1906 isnt decimal minutes with zero degrees omitted (a point off west Africa)? A number with no units identified is just a number. I notice that Des Newman uses a decimal degree symbol on the coord display in OziExplorer and Im not about to dispute the fact with him!
Cheers
Greg

Yeah I guess however it would be more imperfect to assume (or write) the zero was omitted as a number not written could not be implied. Ah the joys - yes of course putting the symbol in makes it more perfect.

I have just been writting some Satelitte comms software and have been looking at GPS position encryption for being able to send positions in the least number of bytes and we looked very long and hard at some of the standards to determine how these positions should be written and we sort of concluded that the simplest was decimal degress using a signed leading value ie - for S and + or nothing for N similar to - for W and +/nothing for E.

Anyway lots of fun and joy so I will concede that the best is to add the symbol (and direction indication + - N S E W.

Hi Jeff.

You are most welcome what sort of accommodation would you be looking for? If it is during the school holidays then I suggest that you book to ensure a spot.

Best regards

Leighton

Hi David and all the others who have been so helpful
To a person who currently knows nothing about GPS other than experiencing it in Hertz rental cars in the USA on many occasions this is a steep learning curve.
We are attempting to move our park into "modern times" hence the GPS waypoint on our cards and web site (soon) also hope to shortly have internet access for you guys. We have looked into making it a HOT SPOT but I have to ensure we get the ROI for that.

I have been in touch with Explore OZ a few time and looked at getting into your accommodation section but it was not easy to access when I first looked but you have worked on that. I also attempt to keep the local fuel prices for Peak Hill up to date as we are one of the cheapest fuel stops along the Newell Highway. David I will take another look at your "business offer" and get back to you.

Now I have an offer for someone out there who likes to be creative. We are located close to the Goobang National Park, one of the newest in NSW. We are willing to provide free powered site for your camper/caravan for a week to the couple who would like to compile trek notes for this national park that we are able to use to promote this area and our caravan park. http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0096?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0096&Type=Xo

Any takers?

Leighton

And furthur to Leighton's offer use our proforma and supply the same notes to us and we will pay you base on our trek note payment offering see our payment rewards also. See Submit Treknotes