How do I manage my GPS co-ordinates?
Submitted by Stiff Ripples on Sat, 2007-12-08 07:20
I have been using the Navman tracker 5500 for a couple of years and have a whole swag of co ordinates. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to manage naming the spots they find? I find that my waypoints are all just numbers (I haven't named them) but I find it too hard to name them out there being too time consuming and missing out on valuable fishing time and I am unsure which new spot is which when back on land. Also, I am limited to naming the spots by having only half a dozen letters to name each spot. As a result I now have a swag of meaningless coordinates that I don't know why I put in. How do others deal with this?
Dreamweaver
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Have The Same
G'day Stiff
Yup have the 5500 and 4500 units myself.
Other than software solutions, what I do is have folder in the map pocket hehind one of the helm seats. It stores all the fish info I need, logs etc. Print of a simple table - date, GPS Spot Number and a third bigger column for quick notes. A quick jot takes a few secs - crude, simple, but effective.
Colin MOLLOY
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mike79
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write them down
i have a pad and pen next to me and next to the number write what i would call it. a star means awsome area. takes two seconds to write down then when back on land you can spend time naming them
Dreamweaver
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With You
Mike - with you then
Colin MOLLOY
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Stiff Ripples
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Thanks for the advice
SamC
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i reckon mike's idea is a
i reckon mike's idea is a good one, im gonna start doing that as i have to same problem as u stiff ripples...
cheers
sam
Cheers,
Sam
mike79
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how many you have
when you have over 600 points its hard to remember them all. at least if you have a book with it all in you knwo what they are.
deepwater
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Stiff Ripples
hi mate i got the navman 6507 and the way i do mine is put a waypoint on the hot spot and event marker around it, the waypoint has a number and the event has just a x (simble)
i got to the point and and cross over as many event markers as possable
hope it helped i little
jeff
Stiff Ripples
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Good thinking deepwater
I think thats a great idea. Will be giving that a shot. Cheers.
Dreamweaver
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Further South
You might have to move further south then Stiff
Colin MOLLOY
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Corza
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x marks
Hey deepwater, Got any more direct info about what you were talking about with your event markers, do you use more x's the better it is. I got a 6507 as well but with the power for it being in the boat the hard part is to try and stop fishing to play around on it to learn about it better.
Usually looking for others to come aboard for fishing and diving!!
deepwater
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hi clown
hi mate i change the colour of my event markers {small marks} X=x around the original way point thats in a different colour
im to lazy to change them when i get in , all my electricts comes straight out of the boat at the end of the day...
jeff