virtual earth............

[bobbyb]

hi all.

looking for gps marks on virtual earth or google earth, ( the same i think ? )
anyway nothing seems to be in the right place going by the courdanence
on the map they display.

anybody know anything about this ?.

cheers rob.............:-[

[Noelm]

not too sure what sort of data is entered on Google Earth, but maybe it is not WGS84 like your GPS uses, I guess a simple Google will find your answer though.

[Outsider1]

not too sure what sort of data is entered on Google Earth, but maybe it is not WGS84 like your GPS uses, I guess a simple Google will find your answer though.

From Google Earth Help;

"Google Earth uses WGS84 datum."

http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ug_importdata.html

Cheers

Dave

[Noelm]

OK then, in that case, your screwed, unless you are reading it all wrong.

[Outsider1]

I have no problem with Google Earth co-ordinates, the locations and coordinates match up for all my marks. I even located a beacon visually on the map and the co-ordinates were identical to my GPS marking of the same beacon.

I have both my GPS set to WGS84 datum also. What is yours set too?

What format do you have your datum set up as in Google Earth?.

Go to;

Tools>
Options>
3DView>

See below for a screen shot.

Cheers

Dave

[Noelm]

lets hope it is just a case of reading it wrong, or setup wrong.

[bobbyb]

thanks guys.


carnt seem 2 find those settings on virtual eath may be not
the same as google. is google eath free? virtual eath was but
it not worth a pinch of shat if i cant check location of marks.


cheers

[Outsider1]

thanks guys.


carnt seem 2 find those settings on virtual eath may be not
the same as google. is google eath free? virtual eath was but
it not worth a pinch of shat if i cant check location of marks.


cheers

Yes it is, there is a free version or you can pay for more features. I find the free version does all I want.

http://earth.google.com/

Cheers

Dave