Moondog
Race Dog
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2009
- Messages
- 4,098
- Reaction score
- 7
- Location
- Helderkruin, West Rand
- Bike
- KTM 1290 Super Adventure
I am going to go with the 26th. Planned start at 09:00
Venue - BIG thanks to Kobus : Odendaal56
Centurion : on Krugersdorp highway towards Pretoria, take R55 and go towards Pretoria, cross 2 robots ,about 2km turn right into Locner str,(2nd hand car dealer/hardware on corner), down Lochner cross little bridge , at stop turn right into Erasmus, 2nd plot on right :
GPS : S25 51.347 E28 07.465
A braai will be provided to burn a wors or two after the workshop, and bring a sixpack (or so). Please bring what you need : paper plates, sauces, tongs, etc etc.
Please put your name on the list of attendees starting on Pg 7.
Any updates to arrangements will be put here.
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Following on from Gunda's thread, he has sent me a copy of his material (thanks Peter!). I am no expert, but can wing it with computers and GPS units - and I have had a few people express interest in a workshop, so .......
This will be more a collaborative workshop effort, with some people knowing a bit more than others, but generally the intention to share knowledge, rather than a formal training session - so everyone will be welcome to add value.
I would like to establish how much interest there is in order to plan a venue and facilities - please post if you are interested in joining.
The workshop will be focused around Garmin GPS units, Garmin software and 'freeware' software that enhances the Garmin offering.
You will be expected to have your own laptop and a GPS unit (or someone to share with - max 2 per PC) - preferably preloaded with a reasonably recent version of Mapsource. If you need help loading and configuring software, you will need to be there about an hour early so that you can be up and running when the workshop begins.
The objective of the workshops was to teach and demo the following skills - Is this what you need ?
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Skill 1. A ride "planning thread" says that the meeting point for a ride is at :-
S29 49.206 E30 51.941 or S29 49 12.3 E30 51 56.5, or S29.82009 E30.86568
- can you load the coordinate into your GPS and ride to the meeting point?
Skill 2. You are out on a ride and find a magnificent view site, and you want to mark the point and publish the coordinates in a Ride Report. Can you do that?
Skill 3.
Do you understand, and can you explain to a fellow rider, what the following words mean in the GPS context?
- Waypoint ; Route; Route points or Via Points; Track & Track points.
Skill 4. You go exploring with your bike and GPS and find a really nice tweespoor between Stinkwatergat and Poepolsvlei that is on no map known to man.
Six months later a buddy needs to get between the two points. Can you get the track off your PC, clean it up, filter it and email so that she can ride the track you did six months earlier?
Skill 5.
A buddy emails you a track of the Daggarokerspas, which appears on no map. You happen to be going to that area and you decide to ride a section of the track. The published file is in .GPX format and the pass track has 2000 track points. Can you clean and load the track into your GPS and then ride the pass on your bike?
Additional Skill 1.
You see a track in Google Earth that looks good. Can you create a rideable track from it and load it into your GPS and then go ride it ?
Additional Skill 2.
You get a Garmin GDB file mailed of a suggested route to a venue. The file contains Routes (as distinct from tracks)
Can you convert the routes to tracks, filter them so that they can be loaded onto any GPS?
Venue - BIG thanks to Kobus : Odendaal56
Centurion : on Krugersdorp highway towards Pretoria, take R55 and go towards Pretoria, cross 2 robots ,about 2km turn right into Locner str,(2nd hand car dealer/hardware on corner), down Lochner cross little bridge , at stop turn right into Erasmus, 2nd plot on right :
GPS : S25 51.347 E28 07.465
A braai will be provided to burn a wors or two after the workshop, and bring a sixpack (or so). Please bring what you need : paper plates, sauces, tongs, etc etc.
Please put your name on the list of attendees starting on Pg 7.
Any updates to arrangements will be put here.
----------------------
Following on from Gunda's thread, he has sent me a copy of his material (thanks Peter!). I am no expert, but can wing it with computers and GPS units - and I have had a few people express interest in a workshop, so .......
This will be more a collaborative workshop effort, with some people knowing a bit more than others, but generally the intention to share knowledge, rather than a formal training session - so everyone will be welcome to add value.
I would like to establish how much interest there is in order to plan a venue and facilities - please post if you are interested in joining.
The workshop will be focused around Garmin GPS units, Garmin software and 'freeware' software that enhances the Garmin offering.
You will be expected to have your own laptop and a GPS unit (or someone to share with - max 2 per PC) - preferably preloaded with a reasonably recent version of Mapsource. If you need help loading and configuring software, you will need to be there about an hour early so that you can be up and running when the workshop begins.
The objective of the workshops was to teach and demo the following skills - Is this what you need ?
===========================
Skill 1. A ride "planning thread" says that the meeting point for a ride is at :-
S29 49.206 E30 51.941 or S29 49 12.3 E30 51 56.5, or S29.82009 E30.86568
- can you load the coordinate into your GPS and ride to the meeting point?
Skill 2. You are out on a ride and find a magnificent view site, and you want to mark the point and publish the coordinates in a Ride Report. Can you do that?
Skill 3.
Do you understand, and can you explain to a fellow rider, what the following words mean in the GPS context?
- Waypoint ; Route; Route points or Via Points; Track & Track points.
Skill 4. You go exploring with your bike and GPS and find a really nice tweespoor between Stinkwatergat and Poepolsvlei that is on no map known to man.
Six months later a buddy needs to get between the two points. Can you get the track off your PC, clean it up, filter it and email so that she can ride the track you did six months earlier?
Skill 5.
A buddy emails you a track of the Daggarokerspas, which appears on no map. You happen to be going to that area and you decide to ride a section of the track. The published file is in .GPX format and the pass track has 2000 track points. Can you clean and load the track into your GPS and then ride the pass on your bike?
Additional Skill 1.
You see a track in Google Earth that looks good. Can you create a rideable track from it and load it into your GPS and then go ride it ?
Additional Skill 2.
You get a Garmin GDB file mailed of a suggested route to a venue. The file contains Routes (as distinct from tracks)
Can you convert the routes to tracks, filter them so that they can be loaded onto any GPS?
