[pct-l] GPS Help,

[Stewart Johns]

Paul Writes:  hello GPS Aficionados, especially halfmile !
 
i have a question that is more for a training hike than the PCT...
 
... i have a route i want to take, and i would like to make a 'track' to follow 
on google earth,  then upload it to my GPS.   i have the garmin topo 24K's, but 
it doesn't have two of the dirt roads i will be going on.
 
how can i take a google or mapquest route,  and overlay it onto my garmin?   can 

i 'draw' a route free-form onto basecamp somehow and save it as a track?
 
thanks so much for any info,
 
~Paul
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I found this program that lets you convert a Google map route into a gpx file
that you can load into mapsource and then in to your Garmin gps.  I have not 
tried this yet, so I don't know how well it works.  Here is the link to the 
website.  http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/gmaptogpx/
 
Coincidentally, Ray Jardine talks about this same thing at his website under 
News, and gives instructions on how to do this. 
http://www.rayjardine.com/News/index.htm
 
Hope this helps.  Let us know if it worked or not.
 
Doc Holiday