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Format of GPS data - the 6-character identification code, 10 digit Grid Reference, height, truncated name (16 characters) and data point symbol. Spurious dates and times are included as required in the PCX5 format (date is generally the date of latest update).
Note: according to Garmin Technical Support, "PCX5 is now obsolete. It is very difficult to get it to run on Windows XP and it is not supported by newer software versions on Garmin products." PCX5 is a standard format, but arguably remains as good a standard to use as any other, readable for example into GPS Utility. Whichever GPS package you use, you will need a connecting cable.
All Munros and Tops based on map sources such as the 1980/91and 1997 tables
UPDATE: Significant developments have been made recently. New files are presented using the best estimates of Munro, Top and Deleted Top waypoints by taking the average of known derivations of determinations from maps. These files include GPS data where available (currently for about 200 summits). Where a trig points is known to be at the summit, the 10-figure grid reference supplied by the OS is taken as the 'best' figure. The suffix of the name indicates the source: G=trig point, a number the number of GPS averaged, otherwise the average of SMC 1981/90, SMC 97, Blanco's and Gerry Bye's data (where available). One file has all 594 summits, which have also been split into two groups South (Sections 1 to 9) and North (Sections 10 to 17).
Best Map Best Map South Best Map North
By section:
Corrections included in these files:
Section 13 (M)
Code M14 Beinn Eighe:Spidean Coire nan Clach
Summit is not the 972 m trig point (NG965596) but a point at 993
m (NG966597). This is based on discussion on the SMC web pages,
with information provided by Robin N Campbell from his Munroist's
Companion.
Section 1 (A)
Munro summit dodges
around - News Update From SMC website: Beinn a'Chroin (now
941.5m O.S. 50/56 388 186) Two keen walkers became suspicious
of the heights as given for the various bumps on the summit ridge
of Beinn a'Chroin. The O.S. was tackled, and found that the cairn
at the east end of the summit ridge (940m) is in fact slightly
lower than one of the cairns at the west end of the ridge, the
cairn being the fairly large one above a small crag, and with
a new height of about 941.5 m, making it the new summit.
In these tables, A28T is the proposed New summit of Beinn a'Chroin, given as NN 3880 1856 and rounded to 942 m. It has the T subscript because it has not officially been given Munro status as A28M - that still belongs to the East Top, A17M
(Statistical principle: round 0.5 to nearest even number; overall it's as good as anything, and PCX5 requires whole numbers)
The old summit A17M is expected to be demoted to a top, A17T Beinn a'Chroin, E top, at NN 3941 1858 and 940 m
whilst the old West top, A16T, too close to the new summit to merit top status to be retained, is expected to become a deleted top,
A16X Beinn a'Chroin W top at NN 3858 1854 and 938 m
(If you thought the 1997 tables were the last word, think again! See the next Munro Tables or SMC Journal as to whether the E top retains even Top status)
Typographic errors or 'new' data (from comparison of
the 1990 SMC Munros tables with data from Liverpool
University hill walking site )
Further analysis is in progress - 31 summits differ by more than
3 m in height or 200 m in Easting or Northing in the grid reference!
Fortunately all but two are Tops rather than Munros)
Changes made to data files so far
Section 3 (C)
3. Meall Cuanail (Top) height 918 m not 1009 m (typo)
13. Ben Starav - Stob Coire Dheirg (Top) height 1028 m more likely
than 1068 m in tables
Section 4 (D)
4. Aonach Mor - Stob an Cul Choire (Top) height 1069 m more likely
than 1097 m in tables
Section 11 (K)
25. Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan (Top) Grid Ref is NH035185, not NH135185,
which is 10 km to the east! (typo)
GPS readings for Munros
and Tops has direct GPS measurements of cairns at Munros
and Tops. This table gives the 'traditional' values and GPS determined
grid reference and altitude (sorry, some altitudes missing; you
need to remember to check altitude separately with basic GPS receivers
- in the past, altitude was more or less a random number, so I
guess manufacturers thought it not worth the effort to include
it in the waypoint data). GPS data has a numerical suffix to indicate the number
of duplicate measurements (different walkers or repeat readings by one walker,
often where the outcrop corresponding to the true summit is ambiguous).
The current files have over 250 summits: lets have some more!
Update: data is building up. There are now almost 200 waypoints of direct measurements of Munros and Tops (including some itinerant Beinn a' Chroin tops) and OS trig point data. Thanks to Phil Newby, Rob Milne, Graham Scott-Hartley, Doug Meiklejohn and Alan Shepard for supplying a number of waypoints. Please send me more (plus routes determined on the ground, waymarking critical points). GPS waypoint file, in Garmin waypoint format, only has the GPS data, not comparison data with map data.
Suffixes:
The GPS waypoints have a numeric suffix, to indicate the number of duplicate
readings.
In the next update, the identification letter for the reporting walker(s) will
be given, within the constraint that the identification code cannot be longer
than 6 characters. If there should be more suffix letters than permitted,
the number of readings is indicated.
For the 'Best' data set, if the source is the trig point data, the only suffix
is G. Walkers' GPS readings are used for verification purposes, and are
still valuable.
Duplicate readings (suffixes 2, 3, 4 etc) are used for multiple readings at
summits, whether a result of multiple readings by one walker, either because of
ambiguity near the summit or a repeat visit, or visits by more than one walker.
See Hunt
the Munro for assessments of ambiguities on Beinn a' Chroin and Beinn
Achaladair. Both Carn an t-Sagairt Mor and Meall na Teanga have two cairns on
the summit ridge, but which is the Munro? The duplicate GPS readings for Derry
Cairngorm, Ben Challum and Beinn Tulaichean correspond to repeat visits,
consistent to 7 m at most.
Acknowledgements/expanation: additional suffixes in these lists
B for data taken from Bergleiter,
E for Henry Marston
H for Graham Scott-Hartley
M for Doug Meiklejohn
N for Nigel Cliffe
R for Rob Milneś
S for Alan Shepard
G for Trig Point (using OS data supplied by Phil Newby)
2 for second (repeat) measurement
See Format of GPS data to see how data is arranged
Please let me know if you have problem downloading the files.
Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken in preparing these list, no responsibility can be accepted for any errors or omissions.
Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken in preparing these list, no responsibility can be accepted for any errors or omissions.