help for a novice

xxxxray · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 20, 2008 Posts: 9

I have two new camera locations. I have recorded the ;ocations on my sat-nav and tried to report them.

I have gone round in circles looking at the recording page, the location maps and the 360degree drawing and after an hour or so of trying to understand just what information is meant to be input or how to input it I have given up.

No doubt those familiar will know but I know no one who can tell me.

Al, I know is that my garmin shows |Nxx degrees xx.xxx' Wxxxdegreesxx.xxx

I have absolutely no idea how to enter the information nor how to pinpoint it on a map.

Help !!

falkirk81 · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:39 pm Post subject:

OK, so assuming the locations are recorded correctly, on the submission page, under the compass is a box with 'find a location'. In here you put the co-ordinates in this format eg. 52.123456, -1.234567. The - sign denotes west. This will load the main map below to those co-ordinates for you to further refine your submission.

Then you move the map until the camera icon is over the new camera location, and fill in ALL the boxes at the top of the form. All apart from the 'camera id box'.

Remember to include as much detail in the submission box, ie 'outside the fox and hounds pub', or 'in front of primary school' is a good start. Anything that can help us, inc myself, verify the sites validity.

Also, try and get the direction of 'being caught' and the speed correct too as this does aid in verification.

Hope this helps.

Steven
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DennisN · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:44 am Post subject:

See if these help? - at least you could refer to them to ask any more questions. Enter your Garmin coordinates in the box I've marked, then click Find to go to the place on the map, then zoom right down until you can locate the marker really tightly.
Note - you do NOT fill in the Latitude and Longitude boxes - when you click on Update Coordinates, these are filled in automatically for you. BUT MAKE SURE you have the bottom tip of the blue marker at the point you want the camera to be shown BEFORE you click on the Update Coordinates button.

The last thing you do is click the "Send Entry" button, which in my usual inefficient manner, I have quite failed to circle for you! Embarassed

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Darren · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:24 am Post subject:

Moved to more appropriate forum.
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:51 am Post subject:

Only one tiny thing to add... I don't think the "Find a Location" box on the map page will accept co-ordinates in the 'Degrees/Minutes/Seconds' or 'Degrees/Minutes/decimal minutes' formats like xxxxray quoted, it has to be Degrees/decimal degrees with an optional minus sign for "west" (i.e. enter the numbers like this: 51.12345 -1.23456)

The easiest thing to do in xxxxray's case would be to switch the Garmin over to read out in the other number format (if the Garmin allows this - I know TomToms can).

Otherwise, there is a co-ordinates converter HERE which will convert them for you.

It would be nice if the "Find a location" box could be a bit more flexible about co-ordinate formats (even just accepting a "W" rather than a minus sign might help newbies), but I think it is a low priority on the "to do" list.

Finally, a repeat note... The "Heading" is the direction YOU are heading if you get caught by this camera... Ignore any thoughts of "front-facing" or "rear-facing" etc.
The compass is just there as a guide, look at the road on the map and guestimate the compass bearing you would be travelling in.

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mikealder · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject:

xxxxray · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 20, 2008 Posts: 9

Gentlemenand just in case, thank you all, especially Dennis. The diagram and pointers/explanations have made it possible for me to submit the details.

Might I suggest that Dennis's drawings and explanation be attached to a help tab for new people like me adding perhaps that the update co-ordinates boxes be shown below the "find a location box" so that one can see that it is updated.? (it took me a few minutes to realise taht clicking the update filled in the boxes above).

Once again, thank you all for your time and trouble and perhaps I may ask another question since you referred to banks being on the POI. I have clicked on the link to "download 318k downloads, get a blank pale blue screen and my computer freezes. No doubt the vault was locked on the occasions that I tried or, perhaps I haven't understood that either. (I woish I was younger - I might just understand all this!

Again my thanks

Arnold

mikealder · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

Next to the download button is a small checkbox marked as "Show Link" try selecting this and then download again, this often fixes issues with the custom POI downloads, also don't download too many categories in one go, keep your selection to around 20 or less - Mike

DennisN · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject:

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