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JCB Jul 2023 11:37am, 6 Jul 2023 4,274 posts	0 JCB 🙂
JCB Jul 2023 11:37am, 6 Jul 2023 4,275 posts	0 JCB That’s great Chicken 🐔!
FatRayToSlim Jul 2023 2:16pm, 6 Jul 2023 46 posts	0 FatRayToSlim And I can’t reliably set my home point. It seems to revert back to the ocean, many hundreds (if not thousands) of miles away 😫 and I’ve just finished my run. This is an image from an iPad. You should be able to manually enter Lat and Long. Otherwise I normally use the map view. You can zoom out in the map view to see whole countries, then zoom in and place your finger where you want. I have used a laptop too, and a mouse to fine tune teh central position. Good luck JCB
FatRayToSlim Jul 2023 2:19pm, 6 Jul 2023 47 posts	0 FatRayToSlim Also my understanding is that if you move the grid, it isn’t formally set until you upload a track for it to use. So I understand you can keep moving it until you next upload. Good luck
ChickenRunr Jul 2023 2:28pm, 6 Jul 2023 47 posts	0 ChickenRunr This might be useful for some - A resource I found while trying to work out where best to place my grid. Right-click a location in Google Maps to get the coordinates, then change the Target coordinates in the first 2 lines to match these. This is the centre of your grid. Drop the code in to the Javascript section (bottom middle) at jsfiddle.net Use the scroll bars in the small map on the right & you'll see a "+" symbol to expand to full screen. Happy mapping //------------------ Code ---------------- var TargetLat = 50.8038; var TargetLong = -1.1923; var LatGridSize = 0.00193237; var LongGridSize = 0.00305; var map, myCenter = new google.maps.LatLng(TargetLat,TargetLong), gridstyle = { strokeColor: 'yellow', strokeWeight: 1 }; grid = [] function initialize() { var mapProp = { center: myCenter, zoom: 14, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID, scaleControl: true }; map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), mapProp); google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'bounds_changed', function() { var gridline, gridlat, gridlon, n = map.getBounds().getNorthEast().lat(), s = map.getBounds().getSouthWest().lat(), e = map.getBounds().getNorthEast().lng(), w = map.getBounds().getSouthWest().lng() // If a previous grid is set, remove it. if (grid.length > 0) { for (var i = 0; i < grid.length; i++) { grid[i].setMap(null); } } var MinLat = TargetLat - LatGridSize * 8.5 var MaxLat = TargetLat + LatGridSize * 7.5 // Latitude grid for (gridlat = MinLat + LatGridSize; gridlat < MaxLat; gridlat = gridlat + LatGridSize) { var gridline = new google.maps.Polyline({ path: [{ lat: gridlat, lng: e }, { lat: gridlat, lng: w }], map: map }); gridline.setOptions(gridstyle); grid.push(gridline); } var MinLong = TargetLong - LongGridSize * 8.5 var MaxLong = TargetLong + LongGridSize * 7.5 // Longitude grid for (gridlng = MinLong + LongGridSize; gridlng < MaxLong; gridlng = gridlng + LongGridSize) { var gridline = new google.maps.Polyline({ path: [{ lat: n, lng: gridlng }, { lat: s, lng: gridlng }], map: map }); gridline.setOptions(gridstyle); grid.push(gridline); } }); } $().ready(function() { initialize(); });
JCB Jul 2023 3:32pm, 6 Jul 2023 4,276 posts	0 JCB And I can’t reliably set my home point. It seems to revert back to the ocean, many hundreds (if not thousands) of miles away 😫 and I’ve just finished my run. This is an image from an iPad. You should be able to manually enter Lat and Long. Otherwise I normally use the map view. You can zoom out in the map view to see whole countries, then zoom in and place your finger where you want. I have used a laptop too, and a mouse to fine tune teh central position. Good luck JCB Thanks for that. I’d already tried using the map twice (on my mobile; it’s hard to fine tune the position). My saved locations had disappeared too. I tried saving a new location in roughly the right spot but it didn’t change my location and didn’t add a new saved location. 😟
JCB Jul 2023 3:34pm, 6 Jul 2023 4,277 posts	0 JCB This might be useful for some - A resource I found while trying to work out where best to place my grid. Right-click a location in Google Maps to get the coordinates, then change the Target coordinates in the first 2 lines to match these. This is the centre of your grid. Drop the code in to the Javascript section (bottom middle) at jsfiddle.net Use the scroll bars in the small map on the right & you'll see a "+" symbol to expand to full screen. Happy mapping //------------------ Code ---------------- var TargetLat = 50.8038; var TargetLong = -1.1923; var LatGridSize = 0.00193237; var LongGridSize = 0.00305; var map, myCenter = new google.maps.LatLng(TargetLat,TargetLong), gridstyle = { strokeColor: 'yellow', strokeWeight: 1 }; grid = [] function initialize() { var mapProp = { center: myCenter, zoom: 14, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID, scaleControl: true }; map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), mapProp); google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'bounds_changed', function() { var gridline, gridlat, gridlon, n = map.getBounds().getNorthEast().lat(), s = map.getBounds().getSouthWest().lat(), e = map.getBounds().getNorthEast().lng(), w = map.getBounds().getSouthWest().lng() // If a previous grid is set, remove it. if (grid.length > 0) { for (var i = 0; i < grid.length; i++) { grid[i].setMap(null); } } var MinLat = TargetLat - LatGridSize * 8.5 var MaxLat = TargetLat + LatGridSize * 7.5 // Latitude grid for (gridlat = MinLat + LatGridSize; gridlat < MaxLat; gridlat = gridlat + LatGridSize) { var gridline = new google.maps.Polyline({ path: [{ lat: gridlat, lng: e }, { lat: gridlat, lng: w }], map: map }); gridline.setOptions(gridstyle); grid.push(gridline); } var MinLong = TargetLong - LongGridSize * 8.5 var MaxLong = TargetLong + LongGridSize * 7.5 // Longitude grid for (gridlng = MinLong + LongGridSize; gridlng < MaxLong; gridlng = gridlng + LongGridSize) { var gridline = new google.maps.Polyline({ path: [{ lat: n, lng: gridlng }, { lat: s, lng: gridlng }], map: map }); gridline.setOptions(gridstyle); grid.push(gridline); } }); } $().ready(function() { initialize(); }); Thanks Chicken 🐔. Sounds like it would be good for fine tuning.
JCB Jul 2023 3:37pm, 6 Jul 2023 4,278 posts	0 JCB Since I apparently did change my grid - though to the exact same wrong spot - and then uploaded my run, I’ve now been locked into the sea, without being able to move. 😀
JCB Jul 2023 3:42pm, 6 Jul 2023 4,279 posts	0 JCB Don’t think I’ll be adding to my grid for a little while. It’s that speck to the west of Australia. A tad hard to find in order to add to it. I might be recalling incorrectly but there may have been some search and rescue operations around that area. 🤔
FatRayToSlim Jul 2023 4:41pm, 6 Jul 2023 48 posts	0 FatRayToSlim JCB try deleting your cache. It’s the thing that saves website data to be able to quickly display pages using past data. Look it up for your device. Good luck