[whiterhino]

I'm trying to create a track in order to walk a piece of property looking for property markers. I know the exact lenght of the property lines and can only find 2 stakes. So, I want to create a track (or some other way) to get me close to the other markers. Yes, I know a gps is only good for 30-40 ft locations.

My problem is that I can't find a way to set the gps/track tool/route tool to anything less than tenth of a mile after it exceeds 1/10. At less than 1/10, feet are displayed. At greater than 1/10, it kicks to a display of .1 until it reaches .2 and so on. How do I get it to register in exact feet when greater than 1/10 mile?

My goal is to create a track with the points only at the calculated corner markers. I suspect that those doing geocaching do this all the time but I don't know how to do it.

I'm using Mapsource and have a 276C.

Any help is appreciated.

Jim

 

[GNJEEPN]

I'm trying to create a track in order to walk a piece of property looking for property markers. I know the exact lenght of the property lines and can only find 2 stakes. So, I want to create a track (or some other way) to get me close to the other markers. Yes, I know a gps is only good for 30-40 ft locations.

My problem is that I can't find a way to set the gps/track tool/route tool to anything less than tenth of a mile after it exceeds 1/10. At less than 1/10, feet are displayed. At greater than 1/10, it kicks to a display of .1 until it reaches .2 and so on. How do I get it to register in exact feet when greater than 1/10 mile?

My goal is to create a track with the points only at the calculated corner markers. I suspect that those doing geocaching do this all the time but I don't know how to do it.

I'm using Mapsource and have a 276C.

Any help is appreciated.

Jim

I think it has to do with the capability's of the gps you are using. I could be wrong. The gps we use for geocaching has a neat feature to calculate area and will set waypoints. All down to the nearest foot with a margin of error of about 10ft. The gps we use is a garmin dakota 20. You can also save the track to down load. Not sure about other units capabilities. The info on the unit doesn't say much about this feature. We just kind of figured it out by playing with it.

 

[whiterhino]

I can't even program it in mapsource.

 

[GNJEEPN]

I'll have to mess around with my Mapsource to see if I can figure it out. What version of mapsource are you using?

 

[whiterhino]

6.15.6

 

[GNJEEPN]

I have a newer version and as soon as you get to .1 of a mile it will only show tenths no ft. On my gps using the data fields I can set one to show ft. I don't think the mapsource offers the option of ft only. At least I can't figure it out.

 

[whiterhino]

Well, at least I'm not the only one. Thanks for taking a look. I'll have to look at my gps. The bummer is I want to preprogram the exact 4 corners of the property and then follow the track to the corners.

Maybe a call to Garmin is in order.

 

[clarkstoncracker]

Doesn't easygps allow you to do that? (and its free)

 

[whiterhino]

I'll check it out tonight.

 

[whiterhino]

Tried easygps but it doesn't want to open Garmin gdb files???

 

[GNJEEPN]

I tried the easy gps software a long time ago but could never get it to work. Tried contacting them and never got a response. I guess you might want to contact Garmin to see what they have to say. I have contacted Garmin in the past and they were very helpful. At least the person I got was helpful.

 

[clarkstoncracker]

Wow, I only use easygps. That is weird. In fact, I used easygps on three different garmins up in drummond this weekend to dump all my maps and waypoints for people.