We were planning a visit to a relatives house, which we have been, but I forgot exactly which road to turn to get there. We taking our 5th-wheel trailer, as it would be camping on his farm.

The Search> Reply-to address in my GPS was ambiguous. She wanted confirmation solid that is going to be the right place. What to do?

Google Earth to the rescue! I opened Google Earth and quickly found the place. Then I placemark location. (Add> Placemark) Once the pin is inserted placemark, I right click on the PIN, went to Properties, and read and write the latitude and longitude.

The next step was to create a waypoint in my GPS manually setting the latitude and longitude on the GPS.

When I arrived at his destination, a little over 200 miles away, I went to the camping place and stopped before backing the trailer into the ground they had prepared for us.

I looked at the GPS data field: Distance to destination: 3 feet!

The combination of Google Earth and GPS can be a supply a simple and very high technology to find almost anywhere on the face of the earth. Here are some things that may help:

• You will find the campsite or RV park
• Locate the destination for a load of goods to be delivered
• Find a business you need to visit
• Locate the home of a relative
• Finding the location of a room or a hotel where you will be making a presentation.

Both Google Earth and GPS are amazingly accurate. In the situations described above, the misstatement will be presented by the configuration of the mark. Accuracy GPS system itself is probably in a few tens of meters.

Copyright 2007 Keith A. Williams

The author is mechanically and technically inclined and is a part-time RVer who enjoys more natural settings than commercial campgrounds.

This is his fifth EZine Article, most of which relate to RVing. One was about the “good deal” county parks provide. Although incomplete, you can see his county parks site here: http://countyparks.us

His first two RV-related article were “The Greatest Myth in RVing — and What To Do About It” and “RV Awning Travel Lock — Why Do I Need One?” These two commercially oriented sites relate to those subjects: http://awninglock.com and http://awninglock.info on which he offers a product in which he believes every RVer should have an interest.

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