Importing waypoints from a txt file

[+PerfectPair]

I have a list of way points in a txt file that I need to load on a Garmin GPS 72.

 

How can I convert this data to load?

 

Thanks

[+Sputnik 57]

I'll go out on a limb and guess that GPSBable will do the trick. robertlipe will tell me if I led you astray.

[+fratermus]

I have a list of way points in a txt file that I need to load on a Garmin GPS 72.

 

How can I convert this data to load?

 

Thanks

 

I'd hack it into some dead-simple format gpsbabel understands (like garmin_poi) and either upload that as poi or use gpsbabel to convert into something like gpx (depending on what the 72 will handle).

[robertlipe]

GPSBabel supports about a gazillion formats and can easily be taught more. But the advice give above is pretty good; sometimes it's easier to tweak the data to match an existing format.

 

The big problem is that a "txt file" can mean just about anything. It could be a sequence of words written in a word processor saying "turn left at the house with the brown cow". It could be a list of lat/lons or lon/lats. Defining what your "txt file" really is happens to be the big part of the battle.

[+Images4U]

If you have GSAK, go to "Tools / Grab Coordinates", then choose "txt file". With the coordinates in GSAK, you should be able to download to a Garmin GPSr. I know how to do that with my Explorist. Someone else here my be able to help with that part.

[+Timpat]

If you have GSAK, go to "Tools / Grab Coordinates", then choose "txt file". With the coordinates in GSAK, you should be able to download to a Garmin GPSr. I know how to do that with my Explorist. Someone else here my be able to help with that part.

Well, I learn something new every day ! I never knew GSAK would do that! I'll bet robertlipe had a hand in this with his GPSBabel, so thank you Robert! I took an old .txt file I made a long time ago that has 4 columns (fields); Type/Name/Lat/Lon. GSAK asked me which columns represented Lat, Lon, and the Name, and it created a beautiful waypoint file that I could save in the various file formats. I saved my test as a Garmin .gdb file, and a .gpx file, and loaded them into my 60Cx and Legend. Perfect! So PerfectPair, this is a simple, elegant solution to your question.