Google Earth Tracks to VMS GPS
Submitted: Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 15:08
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Navara09
Hey guys i have a track that i have plotted out on Goolge earth and i was wondering if there is anyway i can get it to my VMS touring 700HD gps?
If so how can i do it?
If not is there any other software i can make trips on and them import them to my VMS GPS?
Kind Regards
Navara09
Reply By: Mick O - Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 17:10
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 17:10
The GPS visualiser program will convert a GE track to a number of different formats including GPX. I am not familiar with your VMS product. Does it have a facility to uplodd maps and plot files? What does your VMS user manual say about it?
If using Visualiser it's best to email your google earth track file to your own email account. Save the attached KMZ file to a folder and then select that as the file to be converted with the visualiser program.
www.gpsvisualizer.com.
Cheers Mick
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Follow Up By: Navara09 - Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 17:17
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 17:17
Thanks for the reply mate. I have now got a converting software from VMS site that will only convert Tiff and ECW files to VMS so i now need to know how to do this. and that the gpsvisualizer.com doesnt have either of those files.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 18:10
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 18:10
Hi
Just butting in - tiff and ecw are image formats (used for the maps..not the data, such as waypoints and tracks). You want to import a track file from Google Earth which will be in kml or kmz format (unless you have GE Pro which can save to GPX). So you will need to convert kml/kmz (or GPX) to a format the mapping program on the VMS will accept.
I also am not familiar with the unit or what programs run on it. If you can’t find the answer in the user manual just save a track on the unit and see what format it is...then find a program that will convert kml/kmz to that format. GPS visualiser, as suggested, converts to most formats...but there are a host of others if that doesn’t work for you.
Cheers
Greg
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Follow Up By: Navara09 - Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 18:14
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 18:14
Thanks Greg, didnt even think about looking a a track that i have logged
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Reply By: vk1dx - Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 17:34
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2011 at 17:34
For a three car family trip to
Cape York I plotted the whole trip. From
Canberra to Cape and back home in Oziexplorer using plot points on the PC. I added audible files with turn left and turn right instructions and many which included salient points, touristy stuff and safety etc info, about the actual point that we were approaching. I spent ages and didn't even bother following it. We changed our mind and when it came down to the minute detail it was a waste of time. Yes. We did go through the major towns but when off road some tracks were impassable and some did not even exist any more.
I will never bother with that preplanning detail again and go back to the old ways. Now I study the maps, make notes of major towns and stopovers but after that we "wing it".
I learnt very quickly that a street style audible GPS device is of not much use when off road. Especially when for some reason you change your mind.
Don't get me wrong. GPS's are great in their roll. I use the GPS to aid me in following a route we work out on the "paper map on the bonnet" at a cuppa stop or
camp.
Just something to consider.
Phil
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