Easy Gps To Magellan Topo?

[+Green Bay Paddlers]

Okay.... here is my question...

 

I have EASY GPS (which I think is one of the best pieces of GPS software out there because it is just that - EASY) and I would like to know if I can import a collection of waypoints into MAPSEND TOPO by Magellan.

 

For example. I was on a BENCHMARK search page on Geocaching.com. I converted the search results to a ".loc" file. However - TOPO doesn't seem to want to open an .loc file.

 

What do I have to do to change my .loc file or a .gpx file into a .wpt file that can be read by TOPO? Is it possible? It would be great to see a spread of geocaches or benchmarks spread out over my topo map software....

 

Any help would be MOST appreciated!

 

Thanks much!!!!

 

GB Paddlers

[+Stunod]

GPSBabel will do it.

 

You mention EaeyGPS being easy..if you are uncomfortable working with GPSBabel, you can upload waypoints from EasyGPS into you GPS, and then download them from the GPS into TOPO. Might be easier to learn.

Edited July 22, 2004 by Stunod

[+Green Bay Paddlers]

THANKS!!! I downloaded GPSBABEL.... It seems REALLY easy to use. However, I can't seem to get it to make a .WPT file.

 

I select the appropriate .loc input file from my desktop (which I downloaded from geocaching.com). I type a name for the output file and select MAPSEND MERIDIAN as the format. It processes the file but it's just a generic file - not a .WPT. TOPO won't open it... am I missing a step?

[+Green Bay Paddlers]

Forget it.... I figured out how it works!!!! I had to actually save it as a file and physically add the .wpt at the end.

 

THANKS SO MUCH!!!

[robertlipe]

There's a large percentage of the world that's suprised when a program uses exactly the name you gave it. I just added this to the FAQ.

 

http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html

 

As an aside, GPSBabel can talk directly to your Magellan over the serial port, too. Just select an output type of "magellan" and a filename of your serial port (/dev/tty00 or com1 or whatever your OS uses) and it'll shoot them straight to your receiver.