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Downloading Altitude Trks Garmin Etrex Vista/legen


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Hi,

 

I just purchased a Garmin Etrex Vista. I am specifically looking for software that will transfer the altitude data that one collects when making a track. I do not just want the altitude of each waypoint that I create, but for every point saved in order to create the track.

 

Ex. I want to take the GPS with me skiing and then come home and create a graph of my altitude every 5 seconds throughout the day. can anyone help me with this??

 

Thanks a bunch!!

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Mapsource topo will transfer the data to a topographical map, but it will not render it in 3D. If you click on a point it will tell you the elevation, time and such. I have seen some great maps created from the DeLorme software.

 

http://www.delorme.com/quads/default.asp

 

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National Geographic software will draw track and elevation profiles, but not in 3D. I can try to provide an example of that software for you later.

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Thanks mtn-man and pdop! I am wanting to take the data and put it into an Excel spreadsheet.

 

I would assume that since topo does it, then pretty much all of the Mapsource products do it. I emailed two different departments at Garmin to see what they say.

 

I'm going to try that new software tonight.

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So far GPS Utility from the UK is working out best for me. It by far is the most powerful tool that I have seen from the suggestions here. Plus I can save all of the altitude data in a spreadsheet format and it also has your current speed saved with the altitude trackpoints.

 

If anyone can suggest others, lets see them!

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