[BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

[Tim Bowman]

Also in hand grenades . . .

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From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of saddle
sore
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:15 PM
To: BaseCamp
Subject: Re: [BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of 
> saddle sore
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:42 PM
> To: BaseCamp
> 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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