Transferring data to Meridian SD card

[JDMC]

Is there any interest in a program that could transfer waypoints, routes, and tracks to/from a Meridian SD card? I'm thinking of adding that capability to USAPhotoMaps. It would be pretty easy, since the data on the card is in exactly the same format that's required for a serial transfer.

[+phantom4099]

I would be intrested in such a function, I have not seen any other program to do this yet (any one know of one?).

 

I also like how you speeded up the transfers to and from the meridian (I was never able to get the waypoint function to work right prior to the latest version 2.05.2).

 

Wyatt W.

 

The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions.

[rfriel1]

http://www.magellangps.com/en/support/products/upgrades/upgrade_meridiangps.asp

[+Marky]

quote:

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Originally posted by rfriel1:

already done in merigreen software update v3.12, link below

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That doesn't get waypoints, etc. from my computer to the SD card, that just gets waypoints from the GPSr to the card and back. I want to be able to transfer a .loc file to the SD directly, without having to play games with deleting waypoints and loading them and dumping them to the SD card. A single step process would be much nicer.

 

--Marky

"All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr"

[robertlipe]

gpsbabel does that. It knows how to read and write waypoints to meridian flash files just fine. The track and route support isn't fully there yet, but it's probably 90% there; it just someone to spend an hour and finish it.

 

As for single step, it's quite automatable.

 

http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net

[+alexm]

quote:

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Originally posted by Marky:

I want to be able to transfer a .loc file to the SD directly, without having to play games with deleting waypoints and loading them and dumping them to the SD card. A single step process would be much nicer.

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It's as easy as:

REM *** MAKE MAGELLAN FILE FOR MERIDIAN-LA ONLY ***

gpsbabel -i gpx -f 877.gpx -o magellan -F lacache.wpt

REM *** MAKE MAGELLAN FILE FOR MERIDIAN-OTHERS ***

gpsbabel -i geo -f 51.loc -o magellan -F unfound.wpt

 

(part of my weekly mess-o-waypoints transformation batch)

 

I honestly don't remember the last time I hooked the serial connection up to load waypoints.

 

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alex

[+TEAM BUBBA]

I have a question that is somewhat along these lines.When loading a waypoint file from my sd card onto the Meridian how do I get it to drop the waypoints that are already loaded? Or do I have to do a clear memory on the unit itself?

John

TEAM BUBBA

[+phantom4099]

yes.

 

Wyatt W.

 

The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions.