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sgillow Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:48 am Post subject: Inputting a destination using only lat and long on i3 |
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I recently bought an i3 running v8 mapping and v2.7 rom. It is great. I have read these forums for a while and now have a question.
I am going to northern france around Calais at the weekend and understand the v8 maps cover this area. I have been to my destination in France before but I dont have the address, just the latitude and longitude of the place, how can I input lat and long as my destination? When I select 'Where To' it asks for an address, is there a way to input lat and long instead?
I have yet to connect the i3 to my PC as I want to backup the card before doing that, I have ordered a card reader but dont have it yet so would rather get a solution that didnt involve inputting it as a POI if it could be avoided.
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Lester_Burnham Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:14 am Post subject: Re: Inputting a destination using only lat and long on i3 |
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sgillow wrote: | I recently bought an i3 running v8 mapping and v2.7 rom. It is great. I have read these forums for a while and now have a question.
I am going to northern france around Calais at the weekend and understand the v8 maps cover this area. I have been to my destination in France before but I dont have the address, just the latitude and longitude of the place, how can I input lat and long as my destination? When I select 'Where To' it asks for an address, is there a way to input lat and long instead?
I have yet to connect the i3 to my PC as I want to backup the card before doing that, I have ordered a card reader but dont have it yet so would rather get a solution that didnt involve inputting it as a POI if it could be avoided.
Thanks,
Simon |
You could use easygps - freeware, available from http://www.easygps.com to create a new waypoint using lat and long, then save it to you i3 (appropriately named) and it should appear under your favourites. |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 1417 Location: swindon uk
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: |
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hi sgillow and welcome to the forum...theres no way to do what you want, as lester suggested the only way is to use a mapping program to locate the position and then transfer to the i3... _________________ *************************** |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:08 am Post subject: |
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bare in mind though that you won't get directions in northern france. routable mapping is only for the uk, the europe maps are only a 'base map' - meaning they're not that accurate and can't be used to get a route. it will show you where you are on a map though.
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zogman Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:42 am Post subject: |
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MaFt, are you sure mate..i thought you could get street level navigation on the northern tip of france... _________________ *************************** |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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zogman wrote: | MaFt, are you sure mate..i thought you could get street level navigation on the northern tip of france... |
you've made me doubt now... probably worth checking the sgillow!
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timber Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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zogman wrote: | MaFt, are you sure mate..i thought you could get street level navigation on the northern tip of france... |
try http://www.garmin.com/cartography/mapSource/citynavEuro.jsp
and also if you want to see what is actualy on the V8 mapping select MapSource Map Viewer |
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zogman Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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this wont help timber..this software is for the whole of europe..the i3 maps are for the uk only (and the northern tip of france) _________________ *************************** |
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timber Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jan 18, 2006 Posts: 422 Location: Wild and Windy SW Scotland UK
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zogman Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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i think you are confusing city navigator uk / ireland which is on the i3 and the city navigator europe which is a stand alone software...if i've got this wrong apologies mate.. _________________ *************************** |
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sgillow Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the tips. Seems I will have to use easygps, hope it doesnt break anything before I get the chance to backup the card.
I read somewhere else on this forum that the northern tip of France was covered in the detailed mapping. I will find out for sure on Saturday.
Simon |
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sgillow Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Is there a website that is the equivalent of streetmap.co.uk that can give me the latitude and longitude of a place in france?
Simon |
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MaFt Pocket GPS Staff
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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www.multimap.com
select france in top left drop-down menu and then zoom right in. click mouse on the exact spot ya want and below the map it shows lat/long for it. you need to use the decimal degrees one (the figures in brackets e.g 49.8633) as opposed to the degrees minutes seconds (49:51:48N)
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Aitch2 Regular Visitor
Joined: Jan 22, 2006 Posts: 226 Location: South Coast, UK
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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sgillow wrote: |
I read somewhere else on this forum that the northern tip of France was covered in the detailed mapping. I will find out for sure on Saturday.
Simon |
You can see the extent of it quite easily if you find a place name in northenr France on your i3 - then display the map.
Zoom out - and you will see the edge of the street-level mapped area.
Aitch _________________ Find Somewhere Else 090407: www.marillion.com |
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Wildie Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:39 am Post subject: |
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on my i3 its defo City Navigator Europe nt+ v8 in the thing out of the box. _________________ tom tom start 25
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