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sam4949 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: Custom Poi |
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Hi i am new to this furum and Sat Nav i have just got a Garmin C510 and i would like to ask how do i report new cameras to Gpsworld.
Also how do i create my own POI with the gamim C510
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sam4949 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you
Anybody know how to make your own pois |
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sam4949 Occasional Visitor
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Hi thanks for the info just what i wanted.
One problem i still have is working out the longitude and latitude, i have found the place i want on the streetmap.co.uk and zoomed into the spot.
But then none of the measures seem to make sense, but no dought i will work it out in time.
Thank you for your advice.
regards to anyone who can help |
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Joined: May 20, 2006 Posts: 389 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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sam4949 wrote: | Hi thanks for the info just what i wanted.
One problem i still have is working out the longitude and latitude, i have found the place i want on the streetmap.co.uk and zoomed into the spot.
But then none of the measures seem to make sense, but no dought i will work it out in time.
Thank you for your advice.
regards to anyone who can help |
Try installing Google Earth http://earth.google.com or using the website http://maps.google.com |
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sam4949 wrote: | Hi thanks for the info just what i wanted.
One problem i still have is working out the longitude and latitude, i have found the place i want on the streetmap.co.uk and zoomed into the spot.
But then none of the measures seem to make sense, but no dought i will work it out in time.
Thank you for your advice.
regards to anyone who can help | At the bottom of the StreetMap page you will see "Click here to convert/measure coordinates", click that and you'll get, amongst others, Lat & Lon. _________________ Jock
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Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 15155 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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BGF wrote: | sam4949 wrote: | Hi thanks for the info just what i wanted.
One problem i still have is working out the longitude and latitude, i have found the place i want on the streetmap.co.uk and zoomed into the spot.
But then none of the measures seem to make sense, but no dought i will work it out in time.
Thank you for your advice.
regards to anyone who can help | At the bottom of the StreetMap page you will see "Click here to convert/measure coordinates", click that and you'll get, amongst others, Lat & Lon. |
you want the values in brackets (decimal degrees) that look like: 52.123456 and -1.65432 etc as opposed to the 54 00 19 style
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sam49 Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hi thank you i have sotered it out now i think i now know what i am doing just got to get it on the garmin noe.
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