[pct-l] GPS Help,

[Halfmile]

Hi Paul,
I often use Expert GPS to do this, although I'm sure other software
can accomplish this too.
http://www.expertgps.com/

Expert GPS will "import" a .kmz file from Google Earth and save a .gpx
which you can use in Basecamp or just copy it into the /gpx folder on
your GPS.

I do this on non-PCT hikes of when researching alternate routes like
the Spitler Peak to Idyllwild alternate in Section B. Trace out the
alternate in Google Earth, load it into the GPS, and then go hike the
route, using the GPS to confirm where I am.

-Halfmile



On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
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