Jess, Thanks. I can give that a try. What I have been looking for is something to type in GPS coordinates in Lat Long format that will convert it to gpx or other similar file types. So far I haven't found anything that worked.
Ed "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Jess Riddle To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 4:57 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: GPS / GIS Software Question Ed, Google Earth gives you the coordinates of the cursor, so you could just move the cursor to the location of each tree, mark, and label that point. I'm sure there are other options, so I'm curious to see what people suggest. Jess On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Edward Frank<[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > I have a listing of the GPS coordinates of a series of trees that are part > of the Big Tree Program at Parker Dame State Park, PA. Is there some > software that will allow me to type in the coordinates and have these points > overlaid on an air photo of the site form one of the places like Google Maps > or MapQuest? I would be looking for free or cheap software for the PC. I > know Gary generated a file from his iPhone of trees and photo locations, and > trails traveled that he displayed as an overlay on a Google Maps air photo > basemap. > > Ed > > > "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. > It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
