kiteman&bird Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I have a Garmin GPS. When I download cache GPX files to go out to hunt the caches, it is now a 3 step process to get the files to my Garmin device: 1 Download the file to my computer 2 Change the file extension from .gpx (i.e. lowercase) to .GPX (i.e. uppercase) -> Garmin devices cannot find files with lowercase extensions 3 Download the files to the Garmin device How can I bypass step 2 in this process Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I moved this thread from the general Geocaching Topics forum. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 2 hours ago, kiteman&bird said: How can I bypass step 2 in this process Download directly to your Garmin unit's GPX folder. Btw: Your assumption on upper/lower case issues is wrong. Hans 2 Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Windows Pro, Firefox 61.0.1 Garmin Oregon 450 1) I don't see uppercase file extension on gpx files downloaded Geocaching.com. 2) I did just manually change a fresh download from .gpx to .GPX and it loaded to my Garmin If I were wanting to change the way my browser & operating system handled downloads, I'd get into settings on my browser and/or OS and see what I could do there. I agree with Hans, upper lower case is a non-issue. I'd skip both steps 1 and 2. As Hans suggests, first, connect your gps to your computer, then download from Geocaching.com directly to the device drive. (drive name something -> Garmin-> gpx) My system tells me I'm going to open GCXXXX, and asks what to use to open it. I tell it, Garmin Oregon SD (K) drive - Garmin - GPX Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, HHL said: Download directly to your Garmin unit's GPX folder. Btw: Your assumption on upper/lower case issues is wrong. Hans +1 I checked the files on my Garmin Oregon (in Windows 10). Lists via "Send To Garmin" seem to be sent in uppercase. Other files have lowercase extensions. The Garmin reads either without issue. Edited October 30, 2018 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
+Atlas Cached Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 as others have indicated, the case of file extensions does not change anything. I personally prefer all extensions to be lower case as I find it easier to read, but the GPSr does not care. The GPX files must be in the Garmin\GPX\ directory on the GPSr, however. Quote Link to comment
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