View Full Version : virtual earth............
bobbyb
05-06-2008, 11:33 AM
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
05-06-2008, 01:59 PM
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
05-06-2008, 02:21 PM
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
05-06-2008, 02:58 PM
OK then, in that case, your screwed, unless you are reading it all wrong.
Outsider1
05-06-2008, 03:09 PM
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
05-06-2008, 03:33 PM
lets hope it is just a case of reading it wrong, or setup wrong.
bobbyb
05-06-2008, 04:07 PM
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
05-06-2008, 04:11 PM
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
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