Question?

[bajatoy]

Hey just wondering on this geocaching stuff, all the GPS Cood. I see are like...

N 33 31'53.5"
W 112 34'56.6"

And my Magellan Explorist doesnt look like that? Do I just enter.....

N 33 31.535N
W 112 34.466

or will I be off with out having the ' in my GPS?

[06TJWRANGLER]

Hey just wondering on this geocaching stuff, all the GPS Cood. I see are like...

N 33 31'53.5"
W 112 34'56.6"

And my Magellan Explorist doesnt look like that? Do I just enter.....

N 33 31.535N
W 112 34.466

or will I be off with out having the ' in my GPS?

I had the same problem with my Garmin GPS went I first went out to look for the Hyline Geocache. There is a option in your GPS that lets you change the numbers to ft and inches like above. For example in my GPS I go to the main screen and click on setup. Then I have some tabs that say System, Time, Guidance, Rounting, Units, Timers, and Location. So I click on Location and there is a option to change the format. You want the hddd mm'ss.s" location format.

[bajatoy]

Yea, mine doesnt have that option. I just looked at Magellan's website and its a no go. Mine is a cheapo hand held with no options. Oh well, mabey a time for an upgrade, not that I can afford it LOL

[RubiDing]

Bajatoy

I noticed your post about Magellan Explorist coordinate settings. I don’t know which model of the Explorist you have but the following works for an Explorist 600.

Press MENU
Scroll down to PREFERENCES
Scroll down to MAP UNITS
Scroll down to COORD SYSTEM
Select LAT/LON: From here you should be able to select:
DEG/MIN.MMM
or
DEG/MIN/SEC
or
DEG.DDD



If this does not work for your model, these GPS coordinate conversion websites.

www.cosports.com/tools/gps_coords.htm
http://jeeep.com/details/coord/
http://www.gps2cad.com/coordtrans/coordconvert.aspx


Good luck

David

[Fire Ball]

There are like 30 different ways to find coodinates on a map. Some of the different web sites have a way to convert if you are finding a cache off their site.

X2 on the last post about changing them

[bajatoy]

OK I can do those changes, but which is the one I want???

[RubiDing]

Use the one that matches the form of the coordinates that were posted in the geocache. I switch between them all the time. Let the GPS unit do the work. Do you have the reference manual for your model of the Explorist? If not let me know which model and I'll give you a link for a PDF version.

[bajatoy]

I have the eXporist 200. I have tho manual and have been to the website. All the posts here seem to have the same type of coord's which mine does not really seem to match up? It seems like all the ones here are posted like.....

N 33 31'53.5"
W 112 34'56.6"

[RubiDing]

OK, set your Coord System to: DEG/MIN/SEC for that example.

If coord looks like:

N 33 31' 53.5"
W 112 34' 56.6"
set GPS to DEG/MIN/SEC

If coord looks like:

N 33 33.900
W 112 34.950
set GPS to DEG/MIN.MMM

If coord looks like:

N 33.5600
W 112.58250
set GPS to DEG.DDD

Hope this helps.

[bajatoy]

Thanks alot for your help. I have it set to DEG/MIN/SEC and will try it out next weekend!

[RubiDing]

Here is an excellent example of a full geocache post, it provides all three formats.

http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/showthread.php?t=25514

[bajatoy]

Already loaded that on in my GPS, but Im too lazy to hike!! LOL

Here is an excellent example of a full geocache post, it provides all three formats.

http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/showthread.php?t=25514