[BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

[saddle sore]

Tim
I agree that usually close to the exact lat lon is good enough, but as I
visit some of these memorial sites, there are multiple memorials next to
each other.  So, being exact helps me to specify the particular memorial
that I want to nominate.  So, as they say, close only counts in a game of
horseshoes.
See ya on the road,  Joe

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Tim Bowman <tk.bowman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> Another way to cut and paste would be to use the SNIPPING tool (in Win 8)
> to
> capture the reading, but I suspect it will be too labor intensive to strip
> out the data you need.
>
> If your bike's GPS unit won't function out of the cradle, a simpler
> solution
> might be to carry a small and inexpensive hand-held GPS to the site and
> mark
> the site with the GPS.  Then download those waypoints.   As for me, I would
> just take my Garmin Montana or 60CSx out of their cradle and walk up to the
> site, and mark the waypoint if I wanted to pin it down exactly.  Normally
> I'm fine with anything within 20-30 feet (and sometimes longer), so I just
> mark it with the unit still mounted on the bike.
>
> Tim Bowman
> Burien, WA
>
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> sore
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:42 PM
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> Subject: [BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC
>
> 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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