gps to areial map?
 

do any of you know if there is a place where you can go on the net that will let you take your gps points and plot them to a areial map. i have seen other prople have areial maps plotted out on here and was wanting to do the same thing. any help would be wonderfull. thanks
Jeff S.

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any one?!?!?!!
any info would be great. or can it even be done. i know i saw it on here but maybe they just drew it up i dont know.

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I have seen people draw stuff like property lines, etc...but never seen one with let's say a GPS route on it...that will be great! But All the imagery I've seen it's outdated...

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With Google Earth you can use your pointer on the aerial of your area and it will tell you the GPS at the bottom of the page. You could hand dot it in using this, but there is probably an easier way to do it.

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www.mapmart.com they let you go to any point and they have good maps

also you can buy a high res map they mail to you
also as they did around the time the iraq war started mapquest has areial maps again

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forgot one go to you loc court house to the map department they will give you a areial for like 1.00 that shows the property line and how many feet each way

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thanks guys. bigtim6656 im wanting to be able to plot way points and routes and such on my gps while in the field and then be able to transfer it from the gps onto an ariel map via usb cord or somethign to that nature. like i can do now with a topo map.just didnt know if they made something like that.if not i think you guys could me alot of money if you could create it. just remember me when you do..lol im not that computer smart.

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Interesting that you asked this question. I am a surveyor, and I have the software to do this. I have done it for myself on the ground that I hunt. Taken waypoints for treestands and put them on an aerial map. It is pretty cool.

Recently I was talking with a co-worker about making these maps for people as a little side gig, but I wasn't sure how much interest there would be. Maybe I need to investigate a little bit more.

Dan

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dtk913 i change my maps so much(deer stands, trails, salt licks etc, fence crossing) it would be much cheaper if i could just find the software. do you know where i can get it and how much we are talking?

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You can use Google Earth to do that. It accepts GPS locations but to use the GPS menu you need to buy the Google Earth Pro subscription ($400/year). Otherwise you can do it using shareware available around the net and import your waypoints into Google Earth.

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im sorry but for computer retarded people(me) what is sharware and how does it work. i sure dont want to spend 400 a year to subscribe..lol
thanks you all for the imput!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Go to expertgps.com, you can D/L it free for 30 days. I paid for the subscription and would be willing to give you the code after 30 days if it is waht you are looking for. I take my Garmin GPS out into the woods, walk, scout and mark waypoints. I go home, plug my GPS into the computer and it D/Lthe bread crumb trail that I walked and all waypoints that I have marked. I can alos look at the aerial photo and mark points and it will give the me coords to then type into my GPS to take out into the field. You can overlay topo and aerial photos with one click. Check it out and let me know.

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Go to Delorme and check it out, topo maps ect... www.delorme.com
Also check out gps that they have came out with Earthmate PN-20 the stuff that you can do today can surprise you...
Go to bottom of the page under products....

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I use Toposcout and it will allow me to set up GPS points and routes. The newer Terrian Navagator has the same features and more for a very reasonable $99.95 for each state or region. I think that Terrain Navagator is by far the best value forthe money. Here is the link:

http://www.maptech.com/land/terrainnavigator/index.cfm?infopg=buy

Here are some links to shareware mapping products you can check out. I am no familiar with all of their features.

http://earth.google.com/

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=44.023938~-99.71&style=h&lvl=4&tilt=-89.875918865193&dir=0&alt=7689462.6842358

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=44.023938~-99.71&style=h&lvl=4&tilt=-89.875918865193&dir=0&alt=7689462.6842358

http://www.mytopo.com/

Enjoy,

HH

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Duckdog,

The software I use is AutoCad Land Desktop. It is an engineering and surveying software. It runs about $5,000. If I didn't have access to it at work I wouldn't be using it. What is so nice about it is I can also put text anywhere I want, and draw lines anywhere. Works great for labeling treestands, food plots, property lines, trails, etc. I can also figure acreages for food plots and get distances from one point to another.

Dan

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I also have Toposcout but have found some flaws with the areas I hunt. What had happened was they had the wrong place in the area I was in. I had to go back to the area that showed to get the area I had wanted. In other words I have found some areas switched around on it. Other than that i have found Topo to be very usefull.

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Go to www.jdmcox.com and download the USAMAPS software he has there for free. It's "exactly" what your looking for. You can get your GPS coordinates right from the map and/or mark the map with the GPS coordinates form your GPS unit. It gives distance to points etc... It's exactly what I was looking for and what you asked about.

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This is a very nice piece of software, especially considering the price. Thanks.

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Yep!....Court House(Engineering Dept.)the one close's to the area you are going to hunt....They charge you from $2.00 to $4.00 a copyper Section........Been doing this for years....

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LongBowMan,

Thanks for the link I look forward to playing with it.

HH

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Longbowman...this is GREAT!!! Man where do you find stuff like this!!

Man, Thank you!

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