[BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

[saddle sore]

Joel
Thanks for bringing me kicking and screaming into the 21st century.  ;o)
Well, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!!
Thanks,  Joe

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Joel Tolbert <jjoeltolbert at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Joe,
>
> In GEP, up in the toolbar, you will see a button with a pushpin icon.  They
> call it a placemark.
>
> Click the button.  Drag the point of the pin to where you want to mark.
> There will be an open window when you click the button.  Lat and Lon are
> listed in there.  You can copy and paste out of there.
>
>
> Joel
>
> Tolbert
> Http://www.BubblerGPS.com
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 4:42 PM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> As I travel throughout PA, I am photographing war memorials to submit for
> potential Tour Of Honor sites for future years.  Typically the memorial is
> off the road and a distance from my handlebar mounted GPS device.  Once I
> photograph the memorial, I also photograph the GPS screen showing me the
> Lat/Lon of where I am parked (not necessarily where the memorial is  --
> close but not exact).  When I get home I open Google Earth Pro, type in
> that Lat/Lon from my GPS screen photo and get flown in to where I was
> parked.  Then I search for the memorial.
>
> I am able to exactly pin point the memorial with GEP, as I zoom in as close
> as possible.  I see the Lat and Lon read outs in the lower right hand
> corner of the screen.
>
> Is there any way to capture those Lat and Lon readings so that I can then
> input them into BaseCamp using Find>Locate Coordinates?  Maybe some version
> of a copy and paste method??   Currently I'm using the old school method of
> holding my cursor on the memorial while in GEP, writing down the Lat and
> Lon, and then going into BC and typing those coordinates in by hand so that
> I can get a waypoint pin pointed on the memorial.  Most of the time I get
> the numbers written down and re-typed properly, but dyslexia can put me
> into another state or country very easily.  LOL
>
> Any thoughts?
> Joe Y
> western PA
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