GPS help needed

[Dobir]

New GPS garmin Etrex. when entering GPS waypoints I have a question and need some help.

The points for say Lake at Revy are:

N 51 00 40
W 118 21 14

My GPS has three numbers at the end like this:

N 51 00 400

W118 21 140

I cant seem to get rid of the third number, should I make this a zero like I have or what?

 

[tekim]

New GPS garmin Etrex. when entering GPS waypoints I have a question and need some help.

The points for say Lake at Revy are:

N 51 00 40
W 118 21 14

My GPS has three numbers at the end like this:

N 51 00 400

W118 21 140

I cant seem to get rid of the third number, should I make this a zero like I have or what?

What is your position format? (Press MENUto go to SETUP, then UNITS or POSITION, and it should say). That should be 40.0 seconds, not 400 if your unit is set to hddd mm' ss.s"

tekim

 

[turbostang]

What is your position format? (Press MENUto go to SETUP, then UNITS or POSITION, and it should say). That should be 40.0 seconds, not 400 if your unit is set to hddd mm' ss.s"

tekim

unrelated to your question.just wondering if you have riden in the crows nest past area sparwood corbin ferni etc.if you did where and when and do you have pics. thanks turbostang.

 

[tekim]

unrelated to your question.just wondering if you have riden in the crows nest past area sparwood corbin ferni etc.if you did where and when and do you have pics. thanks turbostang.

If you are talking to me, then yes, a few times over the last few years. Click the link to go to my photo gallery, and you can see where and when:



tekim

 

[Dobir]

And if you are talking to me yes, I have most of my photos on old film but the few I do have on here are Fernie/Corbin area. We do most of our riding there and in the Alberta side, last year was not great though in Alberta with the excpetion of Westcastle..

 

[mountainbigbull]

I have done what you have done. You got those cordentats of the Revy site maps right? What I did is i whet to this convert site GPS Coordinate Converter, Maps and Info and enter in the cords but with a decimal like this : N 51 00. 40W 118 21. 14 Then it gives a cord such as this: 51.006667 -118.352333 just make it look like this: N51.006667W118.352333
And enter into the mapsource software under edit and new waypoint and it will work. I assume you are using mapsource the loading onto you GPS?

Hope that makes sense? I can send you a file with all those Revy waypoints on the mapsource file if you want?