Re: setting pins from out in the field - transfer from google maps to google earth

Posted by Peter Effeney on
URL: http://maprun.308.s1.nabble.com/setting-pins-from-out-in-the-field-transfer-from-google-maps-to-google-earth-tp926p927.html

Hi,

The way it's meant to work in MapRunF is:
- have a course/map that doesn't have its settings locked ... like a CheckSites or QuickStart (or a published event that is set to be unlocked)
- in Options and Settings turn on: Show location, Show track, Show Location Pins

Then you will see where you are on the map, and there is a button on the top right to drop a pin at the current location (including a description).

When you export your GPX track at the end (email GPX track from Results view), these pins are included in the GPX file ... so will appear in Google Earth.

I'm not familiar with exporting pins from Google Maps.

Having said all that - just using a single pin from a mobile phone under tree coverage may not give you a reliable fix on a track junction under trees. You can connect an external GPS device via Bluetooth to MapRunF to give a better quality fix than you typically get from a mobile phone. Otherwise, using a quality GPS device might give you a better fix.... Otherwise if you have Lidar maybe you can get the coordinates that way...or if all else fails, maybe accept that the coordinates will not be very good (and the quality of the fix of the runners in the event may not be very good), so increase the punching tolerance in the event to a higher value than 15m.... or avoid that location for a control.

Peter