[gps-talkusers] Re: a unique use for manual and virtual routes

Hi, Mike,

I hope Dublin is on your list!


Gerry Ellis
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If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:44 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] a unique use for manual and virtual routes


> I am working on a trip to Europe and used the Sendero GPS route recording 
> features to help me figure out the shortest route to visit 8 cities. I went 
> to a GeoCoding web site and typed in the name of the city and country and got 
> the lat/lon for that city. I set that lat/lon as my virtual position. I then 
> recorded a manual waypoint at that virtual position. I repeated these steps 
> for each city.
> 
> Then, I rearranged the waypoints, checking after I moved each point to see 
> what the total route distance was. I wanted to minimize the amount of back 
> tracking we do. This is a rough estimate but it was a fantastic tool to help 
> in understanding the distances and direction between the various cities.
> 
> The other useful aspect of creating a virtual route using a city lat/lon, is 
> so that I can quickly place myself in that city without having to know an 
> address. Once I load the route, I can go to any of the waypoints and set it 
> as my virtual position. This works of course in countries where we have maps 
> but also in countries where we don't. Maybe someone could take on the 
> ambitious project of creating a waypoint for every country. You could then 
> set any country as your virtual position and find out how far it was from any 
> other country.
> 
> The url for the geo coding site is
> http://stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php
> It is very accessible.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> Michael G. May
> 
> CEO Sendero Group
> 
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