| We were planning a visit to a relatives house, one to | | | | had prepared for us. |
| which we've been but I had forgotten exactly which | | | | I glanced at the GPS data field: Distance to |
| road to turn on to get there. We would be taking | | | | Destination: 3 feet! |
| our 5th-wheel trailer, as we'd be camping at their | | | | The combination of Google Earth and GPS can be a |
| homestead. | | | | provide a simple, yet very high-tech, way to find |
| The Find > Address answer in my GPS was | | | | practically any spot on the face of the earth. Here |
| ambiguous. I wanted solid confirmation that we would | | | | are some things for which it may prove useful: |
| be going to the correct place. What to do? | | | | - Find campground or RV park |
| Google Earth to the rescue! I opened Google Earth | | | | - Locate destination for a load of goods to be |
| and quickly found the location. Then, I placemarked | | | | delivered |
| the location. (Add > Placemark) Once the | | | | - Find a business which you need to visit |
| placemark pin was inserted, I right clicked on the pin, | | | | - Locate a relative's home |
| went to Properties, and read off and wrote down | | | | - Find the location of a hall or hotel where you will be |
| the latitude and longitude. | | | | making a presentation. |
| The next step was to create a waypoint in my GPS | | | | Both Google Earth and GPS are amazingly accurate. |
| by manually putting the latitude and longitude into the | | | | In the situations described above, the major |
| GPS. | | | | inaccuracy will be introduced by your setting of the |
| When I arrived at the destination, a bit over 200 | | | | Placemark. Accuracy of the GPS itself will probably be |
| miles away, I drove up to the camping spot and | | | | within a very few tens of feet. |
| stopped before backing the trailer into the spot they | | | | Copyright 2007 Keith A. |