NSWERA Ride Bases Map

The NSWERA website now has a Google map with ‘Find it’ features that will show the distribution of ride bases through NSW and provide a map with directions from your home to the ride base.

Click here to view NSW Endurance Ride Bases in Google Maps

 

To use the map:

· Click on the ride base in the list on the left.
· A text box will pop up near the flag for the ride base.
· Click on get directions ‘to here’.
· Enter your hometown in the start address.
· Click ‘GO’ and print off the map and directions.
If you have a navigator in your vehicle the map coordinates are shown in the text box, but a word of caution when using a navigator to go to a map grid reference, navigators are programmed to find the most direct route (as the crow flies), and as you get close to your destination they sometimes want to turn you down a side road or even a forest trail.

To view in satellite mode:

1. Put the curser (a little hand) on the area you’re interested in, right click and select 'Center map here'.
2. Slide the tab up the scale ladder a little.
3. Repeat 1 and 2 until you have zoomed in on the area.
4. Now select 'Satellite' to see an overhead picture of the area.

ATT: RIDE ORGANISERS

To have a ride base added to the map,
1. Click on the NSW Ride Base Map link..
2. With a map of NSW showing.
3. Put the curser (a little hand) on the area you’re interested in, right click and select 'Center map here'.
4. Slide the tab up the scale ladder a little.
5. Repeat 3 and 4 until you have zoomed in on the area.
6. Now select 'Satellite' to see an overhead picture of the area.
7. Put the 'Little Hand' on the gateway to the ride base, right click and select 'Directions from Here'.
8. A green flag will appear at the spot and a 'Get directions' box will appear in the top left corner.
9. If the flag is not quite right click and drag it.
10. In the start address window, top left, will be the map grid reference for the spot chosen; it will look like (-30.294007,147.498579)
11. Jot down that reference with the ride name and email it to me at vpe63190@bigpond.net.au.

To check we have located the marker correctly, or if the ride base has been moved, zoom in on your marker on the Ride Bases Map as described above, switch to Satellite and check the position of the marker. If it is in error follow the procedure above and email me the details.

Also run some tests approaching your ride base from different directions and note any anomalies, see the Shahzada text box for an example.

Regards,
Tom Perkins Snr