[BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

[Warren A Meinzer]

Also darts 

-----Original Message-----
From: Basecamp [mailto:basecamp-bounces at micapeak.com] On Behalf Of saddle
sore
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 7:57 PM
To: BaseCamp
Subject: Re: [BaseCamp] getting Lat and Lon from GEP to BC

Tim
my first reply was to say hand grenades but since it was Tour of Honor
sites, I went with horseshoes.
Joe

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:46 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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