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04/27/2009 at 6:06 am #1728139
I have looked and looked and cant get it
if I have a set of cords and I want to add a few feet how do I do this
this is a puzzle cache and I want to add so many feet east north east to get the correct cords04/27/2009 at 10:57 am #1906556Ummm, if it’s a puzzle cache , you should be able to edit it under waypoints, if I’m reading you post right.
04/27/2009 at 11:01 am #1906557If you have your GPS manual I believe you are looking for the projection function.
You can set a specified distance and compass bearing from a waypoint and the gps will make a new waypoint in that direction/distance away.The steps will differ for doing a projection with every model, but on my 60Cx it goes as follows: find button, select waypoints(or geocache), in the list of waypoints select the one you want to project from. When you get to the screen that give the waypoints details(name, note, coords, ect.) press menu again & select project waypoint.
Now you need to put in your compass bearing, distance & unit of measure for the projection & hit goto to finish making the projected waypoint.04/27/2009 at 1:01 pm #1906558On the Left Side of the Road...04/27/2009 at 7:22 pm #1906559yet another option I have used in the past, you can download the free program Fizzycalc(formerly geocalc) and use its built in projection.
04/28/2009 at 7:03 pm #1906560OR…
Go to the coords you have and bring a yard stick. 🙂
04/28/2009 at 9:57 pm #1906561@hogrod wrote:
If you have your GPS manual I believe you are looking for the projection function.
You can set a specified distance and compass bearing from a waypoint and the gps will make a new waypoint in that direction/distance away.The steps will differ for doing a projection with every model, but on my 60Cx it goes as follows: find button, select waypoints(or geocache), in the list of waypoints select the one you want to project from. When you get to the screen that give the waypoints details(name, note, coords, ect.) press menu again & select project waypoint.
Now you need to put in your compass bearing, distance & unit of measure for the projection & hit goto to finish making the projected waypoint.Not to steal this thread, but just what does one DO with the “Project Waypont Function”? I have it but more or less ignore it.
04/28/2009 at 11:12 pm #1906562@cheezehead wrote:
Not to steal this thread, but just what does one DO with the “Project Waypont Function”? I have it but more or less ignore it.
All Projection really does is gives you the ability to make a waypoint an exact direction and distance from any point.
There are quite a few Multi-caches that have a waypoint or two you need to use projection to find.
I guess a real world use would be if you wanted to stay on an exact Compass bearing, you could just keep projecting a waypoint on that bearing & as you reach each projected waypoint you just create another farther away. I’m sure this could be used in search & rescue, Boating, surveying & more.04/29/2009 at 1:57 am #1906563thanks for all of the help I will try to get this cache out of the way soon as I can
04/30/2009 at 2:36 am #1906564@cheezehead wrote:
Not to steal this thread, but just what does one DO with the “Project Waypont Function”? I have it but more or less ignore it.
I used it today to locate a waypoint for a cache from almost five years ago that suggests using two people and compasses. From a given spot, project out at so many degrees, from another spot, project out at so many other degrees, walk both tracks, where they intersect, should be close to what you’re looking for. I wasn’t too accurate, but I eventually made the find.
04/30/2009 at 2:27 pm #1906565@sandlanders wrote:
@cheezehead wrote:
Not to steal this thread, but just what does one DO with the “Project Waypont Function”? I have it but more or less ignore it.
I used it today to locate a waypoint for a cache from almost five years ago that suggests using two people and compasses. From a given spot, project out at so many degrees, from another spot, project out at so many other degrees, walk both tracks, where they intersect, should be close to what you’re looking for. I wasn’t too accurate, but I eventually made the find.
Was that the cache near Wisconsin Rapids???
04/30/2009 at 3:46 pm #1906566@Mathman wrote:
@sandlanders wrote:
@cheezehead wrote:
Not to steal this thread, but just what does one DO with the “Project Waypont Function”? I have it but more or less ignore it.
I used it today to locate a waypoint for a cache from almost five years ago that suggests using two people and compasses. From a given spot, project out at so many degrees, from another spot, project out at so many other degrees, walk both tracks, where they intersect, should be close to what you’re looking for. I wasn’t too accurate, but I eventually made the find.
Was that the cache near Wisconsin Rapids???
yes indeed it is! Wazeecha Woods GCK6PZ
it is now back on my list as I didn’t realize the project function on my GPSr and now with Google Earth, I have what I feel are pretty solid coords for the first waypoint. thanks for the hint Sandlanders!Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.
04/30/2009 at 6:25 pm #1906567If you want a BIG hint, I took the coords for the final but not the waypoint. Be prepared to search for that Stage 1. My tracks were squiggly because I didn’t want to smash through trees and all, and I think the micro with the clue was 30′(?) farther west than my math at home.
Oh, heck–just look at everything four and one-half feet off the ground (as per new hint). Can’t miss it! 😈
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