Thread: Help needed with mapsphere and new GOSGET BU-363 GPS reciever

Hi Ade.
Using the scroll wheel on a mouse gives you a little more control on zoom than using the + and - buttons.

can the datum of the gps be set through mapsphere?

Not sure I understand what you mean there mate...?!

Cheers,

Originally Posted by ade

oh well unfortunately my laptop doesnt have a mouse wheel

Bummer!

I have a hema wall map of the area up here and it says to set the gps datum to WGS 84 (world geoditic system 1984) ?
Cheers

Ahhh, of course! Short answer then....no!!
Hema, Garmin, Ozi units/programmes etc are a little more advanced than MapSphere in that respect. They can read user scanned maps and images. You would then need to match the datum of the map/image to the machine and the GPS receiver. As MapSphere presently only reads from online map sources, the plug-in/in-built data of the program has presets based on which map source it is using.
For example, when using Google images, the datum will automatically be set to whatever Google images uses. If you were to change that datum, you would theoretically be shown your incorrect location on Google images.

Does that make sense?

Cheers,

EDIT: Just checked on the Google Earth site and it does in fact use WGS84 Datum.