Finding Club Sites

Greygit
Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
edited June 2016 in New to Caravanning & Touring #1

Am I being thick as I can't  find the longitude and latitude settings for club sites, can anyone point me in the right direction?

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  • Justus2
    Justus2 Forum Participant Posts: 897
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    edited June 2016 #2

    Postcode and coordinates are just below the map on each site's details. There are directions too under that which are usually very good.

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2016 #3

    We're you using the app, as although as stated above they are available on the web site, I cannot find them on the app. Which seems a bit of an omission.

  • Greygit
    Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
    edited June 2016 #4

    I can see the post codes but not the lat and long settings.....I'm using a PC.

  • Greygit
    Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
    edited June 2016 #5

    It would seem the CC does not use lat and long settings on their site directions, isn’t this a little behind the times? Post codes are all very well but they are not very accurate, for example our post code takes delivery drivers to a housing estate half
    a mile away then when the poor driver tries to ring us he/she finds they can’t get a phone signal round here. Now if I could give them our lat/long setting it wouldn’t be a problem as they would be taken to our gate.

    ACSI can see the sense in it.Wink

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited June 2016 #6

    The site directions in the CC handbook are normally very accurate. Just follow those directions and you will reach your destination. 

    K

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2016 #7

     

    The Lat and long are between the google map and the site directions at the bottom of the page. Here for Cirencester.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited June 2016 #8

    Are you using them on a Sat Nav? If you are you can download the POI's from the website.

    David

  • Greygit
    Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
    edited June 2016 #9

    I just found some settings for the site near lyme Regis, WOW!

  • Greygit
    Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
    edited June 2016 #10

    Are you using them on a Sat Nav? If you are you can download the POI's from the website.

    David

     ..Wouldn't it be easier to print them on the site, for instance looking at Trethevy,Tintagel,Cornwall,PL34 0BQ  it would be very helpful if sat/log was there as well.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited June 2016 #11

    It's not recommended that you use satnav for the final approach to sites, GG. It's always best to refer to the directions given by CC.

  • Greygit
    Greygit Forum Participant Posts: 167
    edited June 2016 #12

    It's not recommended that you use satnav for the final approach to sites, GG. It's always best to refer to the directions given by CC.

    Actually you saying that I must admit the sat nav has taken us on some pretty horrendous routes to campsites in France. What I tend to do now though is look on Google earth to check the approaches to campsites but I would still like the sat and long settings
    to be available.

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2016 #13

     

     ..Wouldn't it be easier to print them on the site, for instance looking at Trethevy,Tintagel,Cornwall,PL34 0BQ 
    it would be very helpful if sat/log was there as well.

     

    Actually you saying that I must admit the sat nav has taken us on some pretty horrendous routes to campsites in France. What I tend to do now though is look on Google earth to check the approaches to campsites
    but I would still like the sat and long settings to be available.

    Where are you looking? They are not with the address and postcode at the top of the    site page.   However, if
    you scroll to the bottom, they are below the postcode, which is immediately below the Google location map.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited June 2016 #14

    Are you using them on a Sat Nav? If you are you can download the POI's from the website.

    David

     ..Wouldn't it be easier to print them on the site, for instance looking at Trethevy,Tintagel,Cornwall,PL34 0BQ  it would be very helpful if sat/log was there as well.

    I don't know as I never use them! You can download the Club Sites POI's from
    here     to suit different makes of Sat Nav. My sat nav allows me to review the final part of the route to my destination which I can compare the written instructions. Like you I also use Google Earth to look at the situation of the site in question. Its also
    handy for seeing what is around about.

    David

  • armourer
    armourer Forum Participant Posts: 218
    edited July 2016 #15

    try using the postcode for club site in ayr

    youll be sorry

  • young thomas
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    edited July 2016 #16

    Are you using them on a Sat Nav? If you are you can download the POI's from the website.

    David

     ..Wouldn't it be easier to print them on the site, for instance looking at Trethevy,Tintagel,Cornwall,PL34 0BQ  it would be very helpful if sat/log was there as well.

    I don't know as I never use them! You can download the Club Sites POI's from
    here     to suit different makes of Sat Nav. My sat nav allows me to review the final part of the route to my destination which I can compare the written instructions. Like you I also use Google Earth to look at the situation of the site in question. Its also
    handy for seeing what is around about.

    David

    same process as David, but, if we are using 'navigate to point on map (the club site icon)' we are actually using clubs the lat/long coordinates, as that is how 'here' is determined.

    i also do map routing checks against club directions.

    i rarely use lat/long as, if been given directions, ill be going through them on a map, and the tomtom, and the destination will end up as something like.....'and its 100 yds on the left'..

    when i have found this 'place' on the satmav map, this is where i will be navigating to....ie, 'place on map'...

    in this way i will have a sussed out any anomalies in the route..rather than blindly navigating to an 'unknown'...

    satnav is a great tool, used in addition to a map and common sense...

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