+twinjayhawks Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I just bought a new Oregon 550. I had an Oregon 400 previously... I need to transfer all of the waypoints I had entered on the 400 to the 550. I found out on the 400 that the "Current.gpx" file holds the waypoint info. I copied that file to the 550 and they don't show up. Any help???? Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 (edited) actually the "current.gpx" doesn't contain waypoints, it contains the tracklog (i think). waypoints are in other GPX files, all in the \garmin\gpx directory (not in subdirectories), so you need to copy those. Edited June 18, 2010 by dfx Quote Link to comment
+twinjayhawks Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 actually the "current.gpx" doesn't contain waypoints, it contains the tracklog (i think). waypoints are in other GPX files, all in the \garmin\gpx directory (not in subdirectories), so you need to copy those. I opened the "Current" file in GSAK and it contained all of the waypoints I was looking for???? I will try the other files in the GPX directory. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I opened the "Current" file in GSAK and it contained all of the waypoints I was looking for???? maybe GSAK played a trick on you, or maybe your oregon works differently. on my oregon 450, the current.gpx is definitely a tracklog. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=4330608 According to that post, current.gpx is "write only" to the Oregon. Quote Link to comment
+TXHooligans Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 do it with easygps.. it's free.. download them from the old one and then upload to the new one.. Quote Link to comment
+twinjayhawks Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 do it with easygps.. it's free.. download them from the old one and then upload to the new one.. I don't know what file to download... that is my problem. I looked all through the GPX folder and can't find anything. Quote Link to comment
+jeepdelfuego Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 do it with easygps.. it's free.. download them from the old one and then upload to the new one.. I don't know what file to download... that is my problem. I looked all through the GPX folder and can't find anything. I just finished doing this when I went from my Oregon 300 to Oregon 450. You can also do it with Basecamp. Transfer all of the waypoints to the Library from the old unit. Then, transfer them to the unit which you want to send them to. It only takes seconds. The Oregon 200, 300, & 400's handle waypoints differently than the Oregon 450's and 550's. On the 450's and 550's, there is a gpx file by date that holds all of your waypoints. Quote Link to comment
+splashy Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 It's a bit complex, in the current.gpx on your gps are ALL data like waypoint/tracks/routes Open Mapsource > transfer > receive from device To be sure select ONLY one eg waypoints They should show in the waypoint tab left of the screen Save them File > save as > mywaypoints.gpx (remember where you put the data) Close Mapsource and reopen ( to be sure you are handling only one type of data) Do the same for tracks and waypoints (they should show with different names) Now connect the new gps with windows explorer select the newly made files and copy those to the Garmin\Gpx folder, either on the Gps or SD From now on try to use Basecamp Quote Link to comment
+twinjayhawks Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 I just finished doing this when I went from my Oregon 300 to Oregon 450. You can also do it with Basecamp. Transfer all of the waypoints to the Library from the old unit. Then, transfer them to the unit which you want to send them to. It only takes seconds. The Oregon 200, 300, & 400's handle waypoints differently than the Oregon 450's and 550's. On the 450's and 550's, there is a gpx file by date that holds all of your waypoints. Great.... that worked. Thanks for your response and help. Quote Link to comment
+dfx Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 The Oregon 200, 300, & 400's handle waypoints differently than the Oregon 450's and 550's. On the 450's and 550's, there is a gpx file by date that holds all of your waypoints. aha, that explains, good to know Quote Link to comment
+Dewns Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 maybe this is a dumb question but why would you want to save all the old waypoints are they not the caches that you have already found thanks Quote Link to comment
+New Jersey TJ Posted June 29, 2010 Share Posted June 29, 2010 maybe this is a dumb question but why would you want to save all the old waypoints are they not the caches that you have already found thanks Not dumb . . . you're just thinking Geocaching . . . I have a ton of waypoints all over the country, for when I travel, unrelated to Geocaching. Airports, Rental Car Locations, Restaurants, Gas, yadda yadda yadda. Lots of stuff I want to remember around where I live, too. There's even extra stuff for Geocaching that aren't caches. Entries to trails, legs of a multi I haven't found yet, etc. Quote Link to comment
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