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benelli08
MMT F.E.
Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:42 pm Posts: 763
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 Help converting gps coordinates
I have the old school garmin etrex been having it for years and normally I just go walk in woods and find my spots and then mark them on my gps to mark stands and what not well i got permission to hit some other property and we'll I have it pin pointed on google earth with coordinates but can't figure out how to convert them to work with the garmin cause I don't have time to walk the hole thing so I'm trying to go straight to the point
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:32 pm |
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butternut
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:30 am Posts: 770 Location: EAST ARKANSAS
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:37 pm |
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270Handiman
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:46 pm Posts: 2342 Location: Mandeville, LA
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
The Garmin owners manual and google gps coordinate converter. It ain't hard.
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:43 pm |
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benelli08
MMT F.E.
Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:42 pm Posts: 763
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
This GPS is about 8 years old there is no more owners manual
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:45 pm |
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DUCK HEARSE
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:48 am Posts: 3161 Location: Alabama
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:48 pm |
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270Handiman
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:46 pm Posts: 2342 Location: Mandeville, LA
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
Got a model number on the garmin?
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:45 pm |
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270Handiman
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:46 pm Posts: 2342 Location: Mandeville, LA
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
Here's what you do once you you get the coordinates in the correct format. http://support.garmin.com/support/searc ... 0000000%7D
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:57 pm |
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270Handiman
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:46 pm Posts: 2342 Location: Mandeville, LA
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
Also, the coordinates from Google earth won't be as accurate as points from an actual gps or chart. You'll be close, but not exact. It has to do with the way they cut and paste the maps together on google.
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:05 pm |
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benelli08
MMT F.E.
Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:42 pm Posts: 763
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
Thanx I'll play with it tom see if I can get it to work I like my old gps because they so simple and easy to work them new ones are to fancy all I need is to mark a spot and sometimes make a route
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:41 pm |
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benelli08
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Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:42 pm Posts: 763
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
But only think I don't like is you only get 6 letters to name it gota get creative
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butternut
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Joined: Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:30 am Posts: 770 Location: EAST ARKANSAS
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Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:04 pm |
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benelli08
MMT F.E.
Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:42 pm Posts: 763
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
Thanx for all the help I was able to change the format on the god and take numbers right off google Earth and put them in gps and it's pertty accurate idd say with in 50 feet
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Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:47 pm |
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wigeonman
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:28 am Posts: 59
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
That's what I was going to advise,,,,, under settings, convert number format to match Google earth number format. I have an old school Garmin 76s and had to do the same thing a few years ago. Surprisingly accurate. Now I just use my phone.....
Good luck.
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tchredneck
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:39 pm Posts: 1812 Location: in the woods,la
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 Re: Help converting gps coordinates
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