gps question
Submitted: Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 20:47
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nowimnumberone
good evening all just a question about gps.
is there a gps that you can type coordinates into and they will show you where it is in map form
reason for asking is im hopeless with directions and i find camps6 etc hard to understand to me its not very user friendly it will just say 5k s/e on soso hwy.
well i drive around and cant find
the spot but most
camp spots have coordinates listed so if i just typed then in it should show me on the gps where it is
thanks all in advance
cheers jim
Reply By: Wilko (Parkes NSW) - Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 21:06
Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 21:06
Hi Jim,
I've got a Garmin handheld GPS and yes you load the coord's into it or you can mark
the spot your at.
Ill find the part number if you like.
Cheers Wilko
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Reply By: AlbyNSW - Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 21:49
Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 21:49
Any of the marine or trekking type hand helds will do this for you. They are less than $200
If you just want directions as the crow flys without any mapping
I am quite sure my Garmin Nuvi does it as
well, have a poke around in your menu and I think you will find it as an option
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Reply By: Rangiephil - Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 22:42
Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 22:42
Garmin 1390T will give you coordinates live in Where am I, or you can input coordinates as a destination.
HOWEVER when I was looking for the crashed Beaufort near
Bamaga , I found my coordinates differered slightly from Ron Moon's book. I do not know whether his or mine were wrong, but they were only say 50 metres out.
Regards Philip A
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Reply By: Bazooka - Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 22:44
Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 at 22:44
Most GPS' can do this one way or another. Look under POI (points of interest). You can usually add your own locations using that option.
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Reply By: Member - The Bushwhackers -NSW - Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:31
Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:31
G'day Jim
I just had a look on my old Tomtom One XL, about 5 or 6 years old, (maps are up to date, I use it for city work), and it has this feature.
I know my Garmin has, thats what it's for, but I would think any reasonable brand in the last few years would have this feature. May take a bit of menu searching or manual reading, but it is likely to be there.
Cheers, Dave
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Reply By: rancox265 - Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 13:50
Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 13:50
I believe that Android also has an app for GPS Navigator - Have a look at the Market for it.
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Reply By: nowimnumberone - Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 14:31
Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 14:31
hanks for your help
i went out to the good guys and bought a garmin nuvi 2350 for $159 and comes with free life time map upgrades worth $189 so im pretty happy now.
and finding a place via coordinates is so simple even i can do it
cheers and thanks again
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Follow Up By: Member - Boobook - Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 14:49
Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 14:49
You can even get all the Camps 6 spots form them as waypoints. It's about $10 and you get all locations to load into your GPS. I think they would supply them for GPX format or Garmin.
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Reply By: DesF - Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 15:38
Sunday, Sep 18, 2011 at 15:38
Hi,We have Garmen units , Nuvi 760. Nuvi 255. and a Gpmap62s and you can enter coordinates into all these, if they are in a different format than normal , you can change this as
well.
Cheers Des.
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