Dale and Ed: MapTech was recently bought out by a company from Montana and they have updated their program for the second time in the past couple of years. I recently spent a couple days in a workshop where Terrain Navigator as well as several types of free shareware were demonstrated. After having been exposed to all the options it appears that TN is by far the easiest to work with. The only problem is that there is so much to the program that you have to use it for a long while just to get a handle on you options. ARC view is really nice but it is way out of the price range for most working people. Russ In a message dated 9/23/2009 1:35:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
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]_ (mailto:[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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
