On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <[email protected]> wrote: > > Slightly off-topic but what process do you use for working with > coordinates and associated compass bearings? Is there some tool that > makes it easier or are you doing it the hard way?
I'm probably doing it the hard way, but I do very few of these so it's not worth the time trying to find a proper method. It works for me. The GPS I use always puts North at the top. I rotate the GPS so that the track it's recording points back along the road or path that I'm on. The GPS itself is now pointing North. I now place a notepad next to the GPS pointing in the same direction and draw a line parallel the to bearing I want to measure. Back at home I hold the notepad vertically next to the screen and try to make sure that the line I draw is parallel to the line in the notepad. Nick. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
