Create waypoints based on bearing and distance?

Can I use basecamp to create new waypoints based on the distance and bearing from a known waypoint? I want to create a track that mimicks a property survey and allow me to walk the boundaries of a property based on the survey.

I have the coordinates of a specific survey pin from there the survey only gives the bearing and distance to the next survey pin.

example
S 38 41'15" W
153.65

0 BTLAAKE over 1 year ago

No. You may be able to do it on your device, but direction and distance might be limited to integers.

You can use online calculators to obtain the projected waypoints. Examples are:

https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/cgi-bin/RhumbSolve (for rhumb line - constant bearing)

https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/cgi-bin/GeodSolve (for geodesic -shortest distance)

You'll need to convert quadrant direction to a 360° value and distance to meters if not in those units. In the US, the distance is probably in US Survey feet, which is slightly longer than the international foot. Conversion would be 1 survey foot = 1200/3937 meters.

Strictly speaking, the rhumb line calculator would be the correct choice, however, over short distances the other calculator would be just fine and you are more likely to find other versions of that type.