Dale- If I read Ed's post right, he was looking for software to annotate a mylar overlay, to be placed over an aerial photo, to give the effect that Gary was able to perform, ostensibly with ArcView/ArcGIS/iPhone...kind of like retrofitting. Re MapTech, seems like by the time you find something powerful enough to do the job, it's so dang complex it takes a year to learn! -Don
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:33:23 -0400 Subject: [ENTS] Re: GPS / GIS Software Question From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Ed, MapTech is a pain with coordinates. They use a different format than what we usually use with our GPS units. Even on MapTech Pro there is no fxn to change within different coordinate systems. But, if you start with their coordinate system, you place your cursor on the map, and it's gives you coordinates. Or, it's supposed to take all the waypoints on your GPS and put them directly on the map automatically, then you manually convert the coordinates or find a program to do it for you... MapTech has some nice features for mapping, but is quite limited in other areas once you learn the basics. I tried to get the state to get me ArcView years ago, but they shot it down... "forestry needs mapping software, state parks doesn't do that sort of thing"... Dale 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 _________________________________________________________________ Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing™ now http://www.bing.com?form=MFEHPG&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MFEHPG_Core_tagline_try bing_1x1 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
