[pct-l] GPS Help,

[Ken Powers]

I highly recommend GPSBabel (free program) to convert routes, tracks, and 
waypoints from one file type to another. It is even used by some common 
tools to do conversions. One option is to output directly to a GPS. The 
authors are very responsive to any problems.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Johns" <stewfjohns at att.net>
To: "PCT list" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:36 AM
Subject: [pct-l] GPS Help,


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
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