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GPS, Trails, Training / Re: How to move a route from Google over to GPS?

« on: July 25, 2012, 04:29:25 AM »

Yes, I think I mean Google Earth.  Here is an example of what I mean: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en.  I see that when you click on that the route I made doesn't come up, but I just went to "get directions" on the left side of the screen, clicked on the "bike" option and  then typed in my directions.

What I want to be able to do is take that bike route from there and somehow make it into a gpx file that I can then put on my Etrex 30 so that I can then just follow the route when I'm out there and not have to deal with cue sheets and maps, except as a backup.  Does that make sense? 

When I attempted the AML earlier this year Chris sent me a gpx file of the route and when I was on it all I had to do was make sure my little blue arrow (me) was on the darkened line.  I still had cue sheets, etc, but I hardly looked at them at all.  I like that blue arrow business ha ha!

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TopoFusion Basic / Re: Etrex 30 question

« on: July 09, 2012, 07:00:11 AM »

Hi again Scott,

Another question for you:  I'm looking at doing ACA's Adirondak Loop at some point.  I downloaded their GPS waypoint files from their sites and saw them on TF and was able to get them over to my Etrex 30, but they don't come out as a gpx file, which I suspected would happen.  I just get a million waypoint markings in the waypoint part of the eTrex's menus. 

What I want is a route with my little blue arrow friend moving along it.  Is there a way to convert ACA's waypoints into a gpx file, like what Chris Tompkins sent me for the Alllegheny Mountains Loop?

thanks,
Payton

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GPS, Trails, Training / How to move a route from Google over to GPS?

« on: March 14, 2012, 06:52:26 AM »

I've plotted out a bike route using Google and would like to see if I can move it over to my Etrex 30. I'm wondering if Topofusion or Basecamp would be able to do this?  Feel free to shoot me over to a tutorial about it.  I presume this question has been asked before thought I didn't see it here.  Thanks,

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TopoFusion Basic / Re: Etrex 30 question

« on: March 01, 2012, 09:02:53 AM »

Thank you for the quick response.  Will I need to put in a memory card then, to hold all that data?  Any recommendations on size/brand?

I'm also hoping to do the TD this year, and I assume those gpx files will eat up a lot of space. 

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TopoFusion Basic / Etrex 30 question

« on: March 01, 2012, 08:44:05 AM »

Hi guys,

I purchased Topofusion Basic and it's amazing.  I'm very impressed with the program.  I also just got my first GPS, an Etrex 30.  I mostly understand it and was able to move a gpx file from Topofusion over to the Etrex with no problem.  But what I don't quite understand is how to get more detail on the Etrex.  The file I moved over (The Allegheny Mountain Loop file) clearly shows the route on the etrex, but when I zoom in there's hardly any detail at all other than major interstates and a few rivers.  So it's useful in the sense that I can see in a general way if I'm on track, but not in terms of making more detailed decisions.  Same with when I use the GPS for cruising around my town on my bike.  What I was hoping for is that the Etrex would give me some of the same detail I see on my computer when looking at Topofusion.

Do I need to load up some kind of base map or something that has all the roads, trails, rivers, etc for every state?  And then the gpx files go "on top" of that?

I'm sure this is a really stupid question, but I would appreciate your help.

Thanks so much,