Community service project for Milwaukee Skywarn Assoc

[Todd Bloomingdale]

Columbia Co is done minus a couple cities that wasnt on the map.. email is heading out!!

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“Be safe and Keep on Searchin”

[GrouseTales]

From previous issues with files for multiple brands of GPS units, it’s best to save the waypoint icon as “waypoint” or “default”.
If you choose anything else, it may not work between different brands.

[Todd Bloomingdale]

Starting Green co.

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“Be safe and Keep on Searchin”

[Mama Fishcacher]

quote:

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Originally posted by GrouseTales:
So far this is turning out to be easier then I thought. Right now I’m playing around with Garmin Mapsource. I hit “find”, type in the city, then it displays the city on the map. I move over to the designated location, select the “waypoint” tool, put crosshairs on the intersection and click. I then save the waypoint to the cities name and Shazam! Hopefully I can merge this into a .gpx file

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When I first read the post, I was thinking, we have to go stand in intersections with our GPSrs to mark coordinates? ROTFLOL. I don’t have Mapsource or anything like that, but I don’t think I’ll go hopping over the county with my GPSr to stop traffic, lol.

Are any of you here trained spotters? I took the course for the first time this spring. It was really neat.

~MF

[GrouseTales]

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Originally posted by fishcachers:
Are any of you here trained spotters? I took the course for the first time this spring. It was really neat.

~MF

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Yup, I’ve been a spotter for about 9 or 10 years now. For the past 2 years I’ve been training police officers to be storm spotters. This is also the reason I got my Ham Radio license this summer.

When I saw how screwed up the NWS lat/lon coordinates were, I offered our assistance in creating an accurate GPS database for these locations. Our data could have many different applications.

[Flushingrouse]

Jefferson is done..

[Todd Bloomingdale]

Green Co done..

[Todd Bloomingdale]

starting Racine Co..

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“Be safe and Keep on Searchin”

[GrouseTales]

Great progress!!! Were just about 1/2 way done

[Flushingrouse]

I got Sauk

[GrouseTales]

I just finished Dodge, Green Lake, Marquette, Ozaukee, and Waukesha. That’s my limit for tonight.

[AuntieNae]

Grousetales,
We were out .. geocaching today and was not able to reply to your post .. if you still have areas you need converted, just email.

AuntieNae
Renee

[Flushingrouse]

Sauk it to me Baby!!! It’s done!!

[Buy_The_Tie]

Convert away using GPSBabel. That’s what I use.

GPSBabel – convert, upload, download data from GPS and Map programs

[Buy_The_Tie]

Milwaukee Is Done!

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