Mapping.

[Root beer]

I'm using a Recreation and Fishing guide map you can buy at your local Wal-Mart. This lake map has coordinate plus description of the structure and at what depth. Few questions:

1) I don't have a GPS in the boat. Can't afford one. I punched the coordinate in at http://mapper.angling-technologies.com/atom/pmap.php# It doesn't show a dot of the exact coordinate. Maybe it does, but I haven't learned how used this program, yet. Anyways you can?

2) How reliable are the coordinates on the map you can buy at local tackle shops and Wal-Mart? Meaning, have you punch one in and pulled up to the spot and found the structure it was describing?

P.S. I think my dad might have a hand held laying around, if so, I hope it still works. I'm trying punch the coordinate in on a map online and it shows me a dot of the spot, then I will mark it on my paper map. And try to old school it. ;D

[Gatorbassman]

Have you tried entering the coordinates into google map?

[Root beer]

Have you tried entering the coordinates into google map?

How you google it? I try typing coordinate into google map search bar, and it brought up Japan. :-/

Oh yeah, the paper map is from Atlantic Mapping inc.

[Carrington]

how much exactly did those maps cost you?  ive been looking for some forever.

[Root beer]

how much exactly did those maps cost you? ive been looking for some forever.

Probably 10 bucks. Cannot remember, I've had this map for a while, but I've never tried entering these coordinates. Really need invest in a GPS/Sonar. My sonar is crap. :-/

[Carrington]

ya i just bought a handheld gps for shore and boat fishing to mark good spots.  it works like a champ just costs a little bit to get with the water pack card.

[Wayne P.]

Rootbeer, if you put the correct co-ordinates in the Google map search block, it will show the correct location.

Try this one at a lake I fish a lot:

copy/paste this

N 38°20.638

W 077°38.633

[Root beer]

What the heck? Here an example of the coordinate I have on the map for my lake.

Lat: 36 07 50.4

Long: 83 30 18.5

The above is the degree, minute and second respectively.

I put it in on Map Quest and it sent me to China.. :-? Either this is highly inaccurate   or I'm really illiterate when it comes to GPS.. Wayne, I copied and pasted yours into google map and it took me to a lake in Virgina. I don't know why I'm having such hard time with this. lol. On side note, my dad hand held GPS was stolen a year ago, so I guess I'm planning on finding them on internet then mark it with a paper map, then try to find the structure with my crappy sonar.

[Wayne P.]

You didn't enter the co-ordinates correctly

This took me to 998 W. Cherokee Dr., Jefferson City, TN

N 36 07 50.4

W 083 30 18.5

[Wayne P.]

Check how the GPS waypoint numbers are displayed on some of these screen shots. That is the format you have to use. There are three formats that cover most GPS units.

Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Minutes XX  XX.XXXX

Degrees, Minutes, Seconds XX  XX  XX

Decimal Degrees XX.XXXX

[IwillChooseFreeWill]

Remember, for all of the US if you type it in, all the coords from 68º to 122º have the minus sign.

Even with the conversion to 36.12507,-83.50308, that still puts it at Bethel Church Rd by Jefferson City, TN.

I do see Cherokee Lake just north of there so it sounds like the coordinates are either set to the old datum (NAD27) or the numbers just need to be corrected.

Waynes coords shows a spot on a lake by a downed tree in VA (Hunting Run Lake?).

[brant7171]

Yeah - gotta remember the "-" for longitude. Do a search for earthpoint and click their coordinate converter link. I use it for converting coordinates so they work with whatever site I'm using. Google is nice because you can enter almost any format and it will give you back a result. Everything other site I've used has a specific format that you have to enter correctly to get a result.  All sites though should put a marker in the map to show your result.