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Magellan 510 Audio Recording
Daintree
0 Points
My project is to create a depth contour map of my favorite lake where I go camping.
method is to paddle my canoe around [well actually it is solar powered] with my fish finder telling me the depth.
so as I pass from say 10 feet to 15 feet I do a voice message to say "15 feet".
first problem is Google Earth does no deal automatically with these voice messages so it is a long job to mark the points manually from the lat-long figures saved from the 510.
so all was going OK but slowly until I got to message #29 [of some 50] and it said "can not load the info".
I tried deleting the first 28 but seems problem is in the recording phase as that did not solve problem.
so I am thinking now a better method would be to use waypoints and SPECIFICALLY do one depth at a time, eg do a batch at 15 feet and import them to Google Earth [which can automatically plot a waypoint] and then go back and plot 20 feet points.
more time on water but lots less on PC
anyone got any ideas on this?
method is to paddle my canoe around [well actually it is solar powered] with my fish finder telling me the depth.
so as I pass from say 10 feet to 15 feet I do a voice message to say "15 feet".
first problem is Google Earth does no deal automatically with these voice messages so it is a long job to mark the points manually from the lat-long figures saved from the 510.
so all was going OK but slowly until I got to message #29 [of some 50] and it said "can not load the info".
I tried deleting the first 28 but seems problem is in the recording phase as that did not solve problem.
so I am thinking now a better method would be to use waypoints and SPECIFICALLY do one depth at a time, eg do a batch at 15 feet and import them to Google Earth [which can automatically plot a waypoint] and then go back and plot 20 feet points.
more time on water but lots less on PC
anyone got any ideas on this?
Comments
1. you can assign the top button to record a waypoint so each point is a single click and no need to even look at the screen
2. you can open them in Googlearth and they are located and numbered exactly as you recorded, so all I need to do is remember say waypoints 1 to 20 are at 20 feet and 21 to 40 are at at 30 feet etc.
it is far easier to do than using sound recordings