Is there a way of getting Garmin Tracks & Waypoints onto Google Earth?
Submitted: Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 15:44
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Member - Mick O (VIC)
This is one for the Navigation experts. I was previously a subscriber to Google Earth Plus which allowed me to load my Garmin track and waypoints to Google Earth. Google Earth Plus is no more and that Garmin download feature does not exist outside the $400 plus Google Commercial program.
Is there any “backdoor” way of getting Garmin tracks and waypoints onto Google earth these days?
Thanks. Mick
Reply By: Zebra400 - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 16:08
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 16:08
Can you download your waypoints & tracks from your GPS as a gpx file?
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Reply By: a convict - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 16:20
Reply By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 17:31
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 17:31
Mick
You do not have to pay $400.00 for Google Earth Plus Commercial program.
I have the standard version. and the Garmin upload is a waste of time.
Go to this web site pay a donation, and it can do every thing for you. I'm not sure about Trackranger as I'm an Ozi man.
GPS Visualizer
Also join this site FREE and upload your tracks for the world to see.
EveryTrail
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Regards
Richard
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 20:41
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 20:41
Like that Richard. BTW your lawn needs mowing. LOL
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 21:12
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 21:12
Which Lawn is that Dncan? BK or
Perth? or did I miss something :-)
Richard
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Follow Up By: Member - Duncan W (WA) - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 21:27
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 21:27
Only joking Richard no idea which is your place. I zoomed in on the
Perth end of the track line that's all seeing as you're just around the corner so to speak.
BTW is EO extremely slow to load this evening for you?
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 21:49
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 21:49
I was going to say Robyn mows the lawn.. I would have had to get her to lift her game.. :-)
I new I must have missed something... LOL
Cheers
Richard
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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 19:49
Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 19:49
Thanks Guys, Will give all suggestions a go over the w'end.
Mick
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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 20:00
Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 20:00
You were right in your prediction last week Mick !!!
Tracing paper im assuming is out of date tecnology for mapping !!! LOL
Had a good few days with Mr and Mrs Magic too this week.
Cheers Pesty
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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 22:25
Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 22:25
Funny that. Always the way Back with their tails between their legs. No aquaintances outside EO perhaps LOL. Magic & Co must still be in shock after so long away...lucky buggers. Cheers Pesty.
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Reply By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 17:48
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 17:48
Mick
You also need this little program freeware but you can donate as I did.
It will covert the Garmin file into whatever is in there but the ones you want are *.PLT files, these are Ozi file extensions, which you can now upload all your trips onto ExplorOz plotSwap system so we can all see them and down load them.......
GarTrax
Regards
Richard
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Reply By: Patrol22 - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 18:00
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 18:00
If you have Oziexplorer you can convert your garmin track files to .kml files in Ozi. Open Google Earth (free version) and open the .kml file.
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Reply By: Zebra400 - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 18:16
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 18:16
If your GPS downloads gpx files then you can download a free conversion program which converts your gpx to kml files.
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 19:55
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 19:55
why?
Google Earth happily opens GPX files....no need to convert. :)
Andrew
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Reply By: That Troopy Bloke (SA) - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 18:21
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 18:21
I would presume you are using Mapsource to view your tracks?
If so, just open your GPX file in Mapsource, then click View>View in Google Earth.
This will open Google Earth with your track shown.
It doesn't get much easier than that :-)
If you don't have Mapsource, you can download
Training Center, and install that, then download the latest
Mapsource 6.15.6, and install that.
If you don't want to do that, then you could always just convert your GPX file to a KML file using
GPS Visualizer.
Cheers
Glenn
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 22:50
Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009 at 22:50
Mick
It's just so very easy, if you have mapsource open, download all your waypoints and tracks from the GPS, then on Mapsource toolbar click view, select "View in Google Earth" at bottom of list, then you can save them as a KMZ file GE, then save the KMZ to a folder on the PC.
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Reply By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 19:51
Thursday, Oct 01, 2009 at 19:51
Thanks one and all for your great responses. Sorry I haven't had a chance to respond individually but I will try all suggestions over the weekend and let you know how I go. Much appreciated.
Mick
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