+New England n00b Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Hi all. I just found out an easier way to manually enter waypoints in my eTrex Legend. Had I read the manual I might have figured it out sooner. Yes, I am a dummy. Anyway, I was marking a wapoint then going to the map to move the cursor to the point required. Rather than do all that foolishness, I accidently found out (after changing the waypoint icon & name) that you can click the waypoint coordinate box immediately below the name and manually adjust the numbers. Hope that helps anyone else out there. Of course, veterans will tell you the BEST way to enter coord's is to use EasyGPS or related program. And they are right... If you have to enter coords manually, this is just a cooler way. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Hi all. I just found out an easier way to manually enter waypoints in my eTrex Legend. Had I read the manual I might have figured it out sooner. Yes, I am a dummy. Anyway, I was marking a wapoint then going to the map to move the cursor to the point required. Rather than do all that foolishness, I accidently found out (after changing the waypoint icon & name) that you can click the waypoint coordinate box immediately below the name and manually adjust the numbers. Hope that helps anyone else out there. Of course, veterans will tell you the BEST way to enter coord's is to use EasyGPS or related program. And they are right... If you have to enter coords manually, this is just a cooler way. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! You're kidding, right? How else do you enter a waypoint? Seriously, I thought that was the only way to manually enter one.....what were you doing? Quote Link to comment
+dino_hunters Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 you can move the cursor on the map and then click, to add a waypoint Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 *note to self: Plan on attending next event where Sparky is. Bring big stick and ninja outfit. *note to the average Getting Started reader - It's all in fun. Really! *"evil eyes"@Sparky Quote Link to comment
+CrimsonWrath Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 ...Yes, I am a dummy. ... Admitting it is the first step. We're all in this together, and keep your stick on the ice. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 you can move the cursor on the map and then click, to add a waypoint My, but that seems inaccurate! Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Tell me you're kidding (I can never tell, and I'm a pretty gullible person). Then again, if you're really interested in accuracy, get the cable for $30. I can't remember what life was like before I got the data cable. I still chuckle that one of my long-time Geocaching friends never used the Go To feature on his etrex. Instead, he would display his present coordinates and watch the numbers until they matched. If you do it that way, you never really have to enter in the coordinates. Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 [off topic] BTW - New England n00b: I LOVE Get Fuzzy. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 I still chuckle that one of my long-time Geocaching friends never used the Go To feature on his etrex. Instead, he would display his present coordinates and watch the numbers until they matched. If you do it that way, you never really have to enter in the coordinates. Funny, but when I was marking property lines on my farm, I did that to stay on the line...just watched the long or lat while I was walking and made sure I stayed on it...thank goodness my property ran north and south pretty well! That was with my Geko 101, a few days after I bought it, and hadn't found the part about projecting a WP! Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 CrimsonWrath - Best thing to come out of Canada ever... I gotta go find DVD's of that show. Sparky - it isn't inaccurate if you keep zooming in on the map... Yeah yeah, stop laughing. Punk. Markwell - Get Fuzzy is in my top 5 all time favorites: Calvin & Hobbes, Pogo, Bloom County, Get Fuzzy and the OLD Charlie Browns... When Snoopy had a thin nose. Of course, right now, Get Fuzzy is my favorite. I emailed Darby Conley(sp?) and told him that *I* was Bucky Katt. ANd Mushrooms ARE a fungus. Yechh. Back on topic. I have the cable around here somewhere. I just never have it on hand when the urge strikes, so I just print out the page and jump in the car. At some point I'll dig it up and pony up for a GC membership for all the goodies. And the Garmin maps for my legend, too... But for now - I love the trails. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Oh, yeah. Get Fuzzy, Bloom County, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes.....those are great! Noob? Yer still a stooge. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Tell me you're kidding (I can never tell, and I'm a pretty gullible person). Then again, if you're really interested in accuracy, get the cable for $30. I can't remember what life was like before I got the data cable. I still chuckle that one of my long-time Geocaching friends never used the Go To feature on his etrex. Instead, he would display his present coordinates and watch the numbers until they matched. If you do it that way, you never really have to enter in the coordinates. Both my Venture and Legend came with a cable. Why would you have to buy another? Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 And why would you pay $30 when gpsgeek sells it for $8? Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 (edited) Oh, yeah. Get Fuzzy, Bloom County, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes.....those are great! Noob? Yer still a stooge. If you spelled my name right, I might have taken that comment personally. I'm no Stooge. A Baldric maybe, but no Stooge. Edited April 10, 2004 by New England n00b Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Oh, yeah. Get Fuzzy, Bloom County, The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes.....those are great! Noob? Yer still a stooge. If you spelled my name right, I might have taken that comment personally. I'm no Stooge. A Baldric maybe, but no Stooge. Guess I coulda called ya "Knobb"...... Quote Link to comment
+crzycrzy Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 This might just be one of my favorite posts to date... I am going to bed belly laughing now... Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted April 11, 2004 Author Share Posted April 11, 2004 This might just be one of my favorite posts to date...I am going to bed belly laughing now... I hope you peed yourself! Quote Link to comment
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