[BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

[Maura]

I may not be understanding correctly. Have been riding in the heat. Would
this work?
Make placemarks in gep .
Save placemarks in gep as kml or kmz file.
Import that file directly to Basecamp,
Thus have all coords in the lists.

Maura

Chillin'
In
Redding CA
On Jun 24, 2015 2:46 PM, "Tim Bowman" <tk.bowman at comcast.net> wrote:

> Also in hand grenades . . .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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