Grid reference for sites

Try what3words, that will give you individual 3 meter squares of everywhere.

JK

Can you use what3words with sat navs? On this subject, has anyone managed to download the Club's latest POIs and open them with Exel. You don't seem to be able to do this any more? There also aren't any available for TomTom.

peedee

Yes it is possible, I use the W3W app to send a saved point from my phone to my Garmin sat nav using bluetooth.

When pressing 'navigate' on the W3W app, it comes up as an option to send to Garmin Drivesmart.

You can easily browse google maps to see the entrance to a site or aire (useful anyway to get the feel of the place) then I just visualise this and use my finger to 'navigate to a point on map' on my TomTom.

in fact it's even easier as I have the TomTom MyDrive app and I touch the destination on there and then add any waypoints to keep me on any specific route.

once complete I can send the route, with said waypoints, to the TomTom.

no need to type coordinates or words or anything else....

nor do I end up in the wrong hemisphere due to incorrect typing😉

Thanks.

peedee

Personally I am not bothered about having the coordinates published in a guide, or on the web site, as I would want to check them anyway. Errors are often present or they don’t refer to the entrance. Using a combination of Google maps / aerial photos / street view it is easy enough to check on the entrance position, then just touching on it brings up lat and long. Once you’ve checked out the position on Google it’s easy enough to locate on the OS 25000 even if it’s not marked, which it usually is. Like the OP I want to check out accessible footpaths from the site. If your OS maps are digital you can simply put in the post code or nearby village and it will bring up the appropriate sheet.