Importing excel waypoint lists

[Barkoff]

I have tried a couple different little converter downloads but I;m not having any luck.

 

Anyone have experience exporting a waypoint list from excel into the mapsourse software?

 

Thank you.

[+DocDiTTo]

I have tried a couple different little converter downloads but I;m not having any luck.

 

Anyone have experience exporting a waypoint list from excel into the mapsourse software?

 

Thank you.

 

You can save it as a CSV file from Excel then use GPSBabel to read that and convert it to a Mapsource format.

[+IndyJpr]

I have tried a couple different little converter downloads but I;m not having any luck.

 

Anyone have experience exporting a waypoint list from excel into the mapsourse software?

 

Thank you.

 

Try this:

 

Excel -> csv -> GpsVisualizer -> gpx -> MapSource

 

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/gpsbabel/

[Barkoff]

Call me overwhelmed. Is this a free software or does it cost $25?

 

Can I run it right on the webpage?

 

Not sure how to fill in the fields, I don't see the appropriate choices.

 

I saved the file as a csv, so what choices should I make for the input and output format choices?

 

I gave it a couple tries, I keep getting error messages.

 

Unfortunately, something went wrong. Your file was not converted.

GPSBabel error: garmin_txt: Unknwon identifier (Waypoint,I8 805,I-8 AND I 805,N32 46.333 ,W117 07.843) at line 1!

[Motorcycle_Mama]

What unit are you using?

 

If your unit supports Custom POIs, you can use POI Loader to load the CSV files as Custom POIs.

 

Otherwise, you can use POI Edit (www.poiedit.com) to convert CSV files to GPX files that MapSource will open.

[+IndyJpr]

I have tried a couple different little converter downloads but I;m not having any luck.

 

Anyone have experience exporting a waypoint list from excel into the mapsourse software?

 

Thank you.

 

Try this:

 

Excel -> csv -> GpsVisualizer -> gpx -> MapSource

 

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/gpsbabel/

 

Input: comma separated values

Output: GPX Xml

 

You'll need to get your csv to resemble:

 

35.97203, -87.13470, Mountain Bike Heaven by susy1313

36.09068, -86.67955, The Troll by a182pilot & Family

35.99627, -86.62012, Dive Bomber by JoGPS & family

36.03848, -86.64862, FOSTER by JoGPS & Family

[Barkoff]

How about I take the easy way out, can anyone download this excel file and convert it for me, then email it?

 

I can tell this is going to be a lost cause on my part, I'm severely challenged.

 

Second paragraph down there is a link to the excel file.

 

Thanks if you should decide to accept this mission.

 

http://www.bajagps.com/

[+IndyJpr]

How about I take the easy way out, can anyone download this excel file and convert it for me, then email it?

 

I can tell this is going to be a lost cause on my part, I'm severely challenged.

 

Second paragraph down there is a link to the excel file.

 

Thanks if you should decide to accept this mission.

 

http://www.bajagps.com/

Where's the challenge in that (for you)???

 

Get your file here:

 

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/display/conve...45023-25893.gpx

 

Not sure how long it will be there. I got it using this one which is a little more robust on the input file:

 

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert

 

Hope that helps,

[Barkoff]

How about I take the easy way out, can anyone download this excel file and convert it for me, then email it?

 

I can tell this is going to be a lost cause on my part, I'm severely challenged.

 

Second paragraph down there is a link to the excel file.

 

Thanks if you should decide to accept this mission.

 

http://www.bajagps.com/

Where's the challenge in that (for you)???

 

Get your file here:

 

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/display/conve...45023-25893.gpx

 

Not sure how long it will be there. I got it using this one which is a little more robust on the input file:

 

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert

 

Hope that helps,

 

The challenge for me is to not red line my blood pressure. Thank you very much, I was able to load that into the Mapsource program.

 

Thanks again, you save me a lot of time I'm betting.