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Trip Planning &
GPS Tools
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Weather Maps and Information
Click
here for Greg Rice 2021 IBR Weather Map page.
Click
here for Greg Rice 50CC/100CCC Weather Map page.
MS S&T to Garmin
Convert Microsoft Streets & Trips moving route points (turns) into
Garmin MapSouce waypoints in 21 easy steps.
Need directions or a route plan? Find millions of
places: cities, airports, hotels, post offices, restaurants, schools,
theaters and more using MapQuest. Mapquest is an easy to use online trip
planning tool where you input an address or location and it will provide a
route plan with turn by turn directions and a overview map.
This website ( http://www.fallingrain.com/world/US/index.html
) lists all the Cities in the world by country, regions/state/providence
alphabetically. Includes GPS coordinates for each city.
State Traffic and Speed Laws
State Traffic and Speed
Laws - This site contains a summary of and links to state laws
related to speeding, and in particular excess speeding and reckless
driving
Insurance Institute for Highway Saftey - This site contains the
Maximum Posted Speed limits for Passenger Vechiles in all states.
This is a list of people who have volunteered and been approved by the
IronButt Association to serve as witnesses for long distance rides requiring
a witness at either the start of finish.
This webpage was put together by some of the MTF members to help them learn
common phrases in spanish for traveling in Central and South America.
Converting Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal Degrees
Software mapping applications require different formats for lat/long
coordinates. Below are some tips and tools to help you convert from one
format to another.
To convert Degrees Minutes Seconds to Decimal Degrees:
= Degrees+(Minutes/60)+(Seconds/3600)
To convert Decimal Degrees to Degrees Minutes Seconds:
- The whole units of degrees will remain the same (i.e. in 121.135°
longitude, start with 121°).
- Multiply the decimal by 60 (i.e. .135 * 60 = 8.1).
- The whole number becomes the minutes (8').
- Take the remaining decimal and multiply by 60. (i.e. .1 * 60 = 6).
- The resulting number becomes the seconds (6"). Seconds can remain as
a decimal.
- Take your three sets of numbers and put them together, using the
symbols for degrees (°), minutes (‘), and seconds (") (i.e. 121°8'6"
longitude)
(*Note: This is a MS Excel worksheet using macros provided as free
"emailware" by the author)