martinwl Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I have manually entered a number of Lat/Long coordinates (decimal format) into Google Earth. This became a KMZ file. I also have some KML files. Can I upload from Google Earth to my Garmin? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 If you can find a program that can handle the transfer then yes. You'll need to find a way to convert the KMZ files to GPX. Quote Link to comment
+SCCS Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 No need to convert anything. Just save the KMZ file to "Custom Maps" file in your 550 directory. Quote Link to comment
martinwl Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 No need to convert anything. Just save the KMZ file to "Custom Maps" file in your 550 directory. Quote Link to comment
martinwl Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 THANKS! About to try it now. Quote Link to comment
martinwl Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 No need to convert anything. Just save the KMZ file to "Custom Maps" file in your 550 directory. Quote Link to comment
martinwl Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 I'm very new to this. I don't see a custom maps folder when I connect my GPS to my PC. Can you offer some help? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+WaylessWood Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 The CustomMaps folder is normally located as <drive:>\Garmin\CustomMaps. Where <drive:> is either the unit's memory or an optional flash card in the unit. However, I don't think a kmz file with waypoints is going to work in the custom maps folder. The custom maps folder is for kmz files of raster maps. This thread convert kmz should help. Quote Link to comment
+SCCS Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 When you connect your 550 to your computer. You should see a screen with the files (ie-Wherigo,GARMIN). Click on the GARMIN folder, then you should see CUSTOMS MAP folder. Then on the GOOGLE EARTH page, right click on the map you want to save, and then place it in the folder CUSTOMS MAP on your 550. Quote Link to comment
+SCCS Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 The CustomMaps folder is normally located as <drive:>\Garmin\CustomMaps. Where <drive:> is either the unit's memory or an optional flash card in the unit. However, I don't think a kmz file with waypoints is going to work in the custom maps folder. The custom maps folder is for kmz files of raster maps. This thread convert kmz should help. You are right. It won't save waypoints along with the map. The way I am giving is just for the map omly. You would have to save the waypoints in another file (GPX or WAYPOINTS). Quote Link to comment
martinwl Posted February 5, 2011 Author Share Posted February 5, 2011 Thanks for all the info. Right now, all I want to do is upload a lot of Lat/Long that I entered manually on GE and put it in my GPS. Do I need all the map things? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+WaylessWood Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 No, you don't need to worry about the maps. What you have is a file of waypoints in kmz format. The link I provided earlier provides information on how to convert the kmz into a gpx file that you can load into the Garmin\GPX folder, as you would with a Pocket Query. Quote Link to comment
+myotis Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 If you are not using GE to find the location, your best bet is to enter the cords into MapSource or Base Camp as Waypoints and then send them to your GPS. If you are marking places in GE, you have to save the waypoints as a kml and then use gpsbabel (gpsbable?) to convert to mapsource. Then open in MapSource and send to GPS. Quote Link to comment
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