How to download GPX files!

[+Cash-in]

Hi,

 

I've got a Garmin Oregon 300 which is great for Geocaching but I also want to be able to download routes for using on a mountain bike. I've found a couple of websites which offer downloadable routes with GPX files but I'm unsure how to download these to my GPS, if I try and open them then I get a page full of jargon! Do I need any additional software on my PC or am I just being thick?

 

Any help would be gratefully received and also any pointers towards decent websites for finding bike routes.

 

Thanks,

Cash-in.

[+Teacosies]

right click, save as.

 

HTH

[+Teacosies]

Check out these links

 

http://www.Bikely.com

 

http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?PHPSESSI...p;topic=17658.0

 

Funnily enough I don't own a bike!

 

HTH

Edited April 17, 2009 by Djinnspalce

[Yearofthegoat]

Open them using MapSource and use that to send the track to your GPS.

Edited April 17, 2009 by Yearofthegoat

[+Stuey]

The Garmin Oregon understands GPX files, so you just need to copy them to memory (or card) on the GPS unit itself. No need for any additional software.

[topografix]

EasyGPS is freeware that will send GPX files to any Garmin, Magellan, Lowrance, or Eagle GPS receiver.

http://www.easygps.com/download.asp

[+Teacosies]

Some other links you might find useful

 

http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/landserf/audax/

http://www.aukweb.net/services/gps1.htm