+headmj Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 I have down loaded easygps and it works fine. However, to get my waypoint sinto Mapsend Topo I have to first load the points into the GPS and then into Mapsend Topo from the GPS. Is there a piece of software that will convert this data directly on the computer? Thanks Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted July 19, 2002 Share Posted July 19, 2002 quote:Originally posted by headmj:I have down loaded easygps and it works fine. However, to get my waypoint sinto Mapsend Topo I have to first load the points into the GPS and then into Mapsend Topo from the GPS. Is there a piece of software that will convert this data directly on the computer? Thanks I've written software for POSIX systems (UNIX, Linux, etc.) that can read and write waypoints in both formats. Actually, it'll read and write directly to the GPS via serial comm, and many other formats, too. I haven't made an Official Release of it, but could be encouraged to do so if there's interest. It might work under operating systems that start with "M" via the various POSIX kits, but I haven't been motivated to try building it since I don't use those systems when I can avoid it... Quote Link to comment
+headmj Posted July 20, 2002 Author Share Posted July 20, 2002 Actually I am suprised anything works under operating systems beginning with an M! I acn get the waypoints into and out of my Merigreen but it would be nice to be able to move the points directly to masend first for viewing and selection. Quote Link to comment
+inaholedotnet Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Curious? Has anyone got this figured out. Using expergps to download, then fetching with mapsend is getting real old. Gregory www.inahole.net Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Ok, since I wrote my original reply, I've released gpsbabel ( http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net ) and it now has a version that works under windows as well. If you want to read from a geocaching loc file and spin that as a Mapsend file, the command is: gpsbabel -i geo -f geocaching.loc -o mapsend -F blah.wpt If you want to spin it to your receiver at the same time, you can do both with one command just by adding "-o magellan -f com1" (or whatever your OS calls its serial port) If you want to do one or the other, replace the commands instead of concatenating them. With a little patience you can even teach your web browser to invoke this for you if you're so inclined. There are over 20 file formats supported... Quote Link to comment
+inaholedotnet Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 thx, i will check it out right now. Gregory Quote Link to comment
+citrix_99301 Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 I can't resist, but that would include Mandrake, wouln't it? Two PC's on my desk, one starts with a "R" and the other with a "W" Quote Link to comment
robertlipe Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 quote:Originally posted by citrix_99301:I can't resist, but that would include Mandrake, wouln't it? Two PC's on my desk, one starts with a "R" and the other with a "W" Since it now works on the many, many Microsoft OSes and Mac/OS as well as Mandrake, it's mostly moot. Quote Link to comment
Tzan Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Wow thanks for posting this up! Quote Link to comment
+inaholedotnet Posted December 4, 2002 Share Posted December 4, 2002 Hey thanks that program worked great. Gregory Quote Link to comment
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