[pct-l] GPS Help,

[Paul Robison]

I got it to work... It basically drops a waypoint at each googl 'destination'.  No way to make a track though as far as I can tell 

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On 2011-03-27, at 8:36 AM, Stewart Johns <stewfjohns at att.net> wrote:

> Paul Writes:  hello GPS Aficionados, especially halfmile !
>  
> i have a question that is more for a training hike than the PCT...
>  
> ... i have a route i want to take, and i would like to make a 'track' to follow 
> on google earth,  then upload it to my GPS.   i have the garmin topo 24K's, but 
> it doesn't have two of the dirt roads i will be going on.
>  
> how can i take a google or mapquest route,  and overlay it onto my garmin?   can 
> 
> i 'draw' a route free-form onto basecamp somehow and save it as a track?
>  
> thanks so much for any info,
>  
> ~Paul
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> I found this program that lets you convert a Google map route into a gpx file
> that you can load into mapsource and then in to your Garmin gps.  I have not 
> tried this yet, so I don't know how well it works.  Here is the link to the 
> website.  http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/gmaptogpx/
>  
> Coincidentally, Ray Jardine talks about this same thing at his website under 
> News, and gives instructions on how to do this. 
> http://www.rayjardine.com/News/index.htm
>  
> Hope this helps.  Let us know if it worked or not.
>  
> Doc Holiday
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