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jimnsusie

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Am wondering if the bmgpx zip file is compatible with vista. I can't seem to get the zip file to install on my laptop. What is the best to open this file with. I tried to drag it into gsak and that didn't seem to do anything. When I try to open it on my laptop it uses internet explorer and it gets stuck. It keeps opening more and more windows untill I finally shut it down and restart the laptop. I would like to get the full info on a BM when I load it onto my gps like regular caches.

 

Is there a newer easier way?

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hmmm... where did you get the file and what is supposed to be in it?

 

I don't have Vista but in XP Windows Explorer will open a zip file so you can access the contents.

 

GSAK is supposed to handle ZIP files if they have GPX or LOC files in them. Maybe something is wrong with the file?

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I would like to get the full info on a BM when I load it onto my gps like regular caches.

 

Is there a newer easier way?

 

Yes, use NGS»GPX. The link to v2 is right below the "NGS»GPX v3" title.

Edited by Rotareneg
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I would like to get the full info on a BM when I load it onto my gps like regular caches.

 

Is there a newer easier way?

 

Yes, use NGS»GPX. The link to v2 is right below the "NGS»GPX v3" title.

 

Thanks. Got this to download and install and now just working on the settings. Having trouble with the output part. It doesn't show that it processed a file. When I move what looks like the finished file to gsak it shows up as the same as before without the added info. I either have my settings wrong or I am pointing at the wrong file.

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Thanks. Got this to download and install and now just working on the settings. Having trouble with the output part. It doesn't show that it processed a file. When I move what looks like the finished file to gsak it shows up as the same as before without the added info. I either have my settings wrong or I am pointing at the wrong file.

What input file are you trying to feed into the program? You say that you're getting 'the same information as the input file', which I'm a little confused about, since the input filetype should be a datasheet, which GSAK can't handle at all.

 

Cheers,

-Mike.

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Thanks. Got this to download and install and now just working on the settings. Having trouble with the output part. It doesn't show that it processed a file. When I move what looks like the finished file to gsak it shows up as the same as before without the added info. I either have my settings wrong or I am pointing at the wrong file.

What input file are you trying to feed into the program? You say that you're getting 'the same information as the input file', which I'm a little confused about, since the input filetype should be a datasheet, which GSAK can't handle at all.

 

Cheers,

-Mike.

 

Hey thanks. I downloaded a pocket query of benchmarks and pointed the conversion page at it and it showed as there like your example. It also showed that it would go back to that file as a gpx. When I hit process it immediately showed as done with no files processed. But there was a file back where it should have been with the gpx ending which I dragged to gsak and it loaded as usual like before and without the added info.

 

When I down load the .loc files they associate with gsak on my laptop. I am wondering if I should change that association to another type.

 

I am sure one of my settings is wrong just not sure which. Your program seems to be just as shown on the web so it must be one of my settings.

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Hey thanks. I downloaded a pocket query of benchmarks and pointed the conversion page at it and it showed as there like your example. It also showed that it would go back to that file as a gpx. When I hit process it immediately showed as done with no files processed. But there was a file back where it should have been with the gpx ending which I dragged to gsak and it loaded as usual like before and without the added info.

 

When I down load the .loc files they associate with gsak on my laptop. I am wondering if I should change that association to another type.

 

 

Howdy Jimnsusie, I'm not really sure of your terminology here concerning a pocket query (which means you download files from gc.com)

 

What the excellent software programs of NGS>GPX or BMGPX does, is to convert datasheet .dat files that come from the NGS into a .gpx file that has all of the information that is on a benchmark datasheet. Once a .dat file is converted to a .gpx file, then computer software like GSAK or certain gps units can read/display the entire datasheet information to you.

 

If you are trying to take files directly from gc.com (and not the NGS .dat files), then you don't need to convert it with NGS>GPX or BMGPX. Information taken "directly" from gc.com is NOT in .dat format, so the conversion programs won't work for it.

 

You're also not going to have the same information when you try take a file directly from gc.com (by using the download .loc option on the gc.com benchmark page) as you would if you take a datasheet .dat file from the NGS and then convert it over to a gpx file using the conversion software.

 

To put it real simply, you will NOT download "anything" from gc.com, then run it thru NGS>GPX (or BMGPX). The datasheet .dat files you need to convert with NGS>GPX will need to come from the NGS website or Holographs (which he gets from the NGS).

 

Hopefully, Jim won't mind me showing an example. You can easily start at the link below and download a county worth of datasheets, then convert these .dat files over to a gpx file with NGS>GPX.

 

http://www.holoscenes.com/special/geocac/ds_archive.html

 

Hope this helps and clears up any confusion.

 

EDIT: If you want to make it extremely easy to get datasheets already converted over to gpx files (that your gps unit or GSAK can read), you could get the dvd's that AZCachemeister is offering in the forum below. He has already done all the conversion work for you. :unsure:

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=258803

Edited by LSUFan
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Thanks for posting, LSU. I got hit by a cold and got sent on a road-trip for work so wasn't able to check the 'net.

 

Jim, what LSUFan says is true - the current version will not read in LOC or GPX files. (New version will offer an add-on that will, but I'm still working on that.) So you need to get the data from the NGS (or someone hosting the datasheets, like Holo's site referenced) first. The bonus to this is that you get the latest data. The downside is it's all "official" data - none of the GC.COM logs will be imported.

 

Cheers,

Mike.

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