Loading your own waypoints into gsak

[GeoScrubers]

Hi all<br>
Can someone give me advice on whether it is possible to load a <br> pile
of my own waypoints into gsak? maybe from a csv or txt file or something similar...<br>
Tried some seaches of the forums and came up with 464 results <br>
not going through them all <p>
looking for an easier way to load a pile of rest area/camps onto gpsr, <br>need a GPSr that I can plug a keyboard straight into

[ian-and-penny]

Do you want to load Camps 4??

[Map Monkey]

If Garmin GPSr, Garmin's own POI Loader software may do the trick.

mm

[GeoScrubers]

Do you want to load Camps 4??

<p>
Yes,that's the one.... just noticed it is in DegMinSec to make it that little harder<p>

If Garmin GPSr, Garmin's own POI Loader software may do the trick.

mm

Thanks MM, will have a look, it's an older etrex legend

[GhostGums]

You can use GPSBabel to convert your GPS data file to "geocaching.com loc" file and then load it into GSAK.

Just did it with some of my data.

GPSBabel cn be downloaded here
http://www.gpsbabel.org/download.html

[Big Matt and Shell]

Do you want to load Camps 4??

<p>Wouldn't that be helpful!

[Jardry]

Hi all<br>
Can someone give me advice on whether it is possible to load a <br> pile
of my own waypoints into gsak? maybe from a csv or txt file or something similar...<br>
Tried some seaches of the forums and came up with 464 results <br>
not going through them all <p>
looking for an easier way to load a pile of rest area/camps onto gpsr, <br>need a GPSr that I can plug a keyboard straight into

Have a read of this post, is this what you are endeavouring to achieve?
Once you create the GPX file you could then load it into GSAK.

[tronador]

Hi all<br>
Can someone give me advice on whether it is possible to load a <br> pile
of my own waypoints into gsak? maybe from a csv or txt file or something similar...<br>
Tried some seaches of the forums and came up with 464 results <br>
not going through them all <p>
looking for an easier way to load a pile of rest area/camps onto gpsr, <br>need a GPSr that I can plug a keyboard straight into

Are your wpts on the computer or in the GPS?
Either way just upload to the GPS then download them to GSAK.
Easy

[GeoScrubers]

Are your wpts on the computer or in the GPS?
Either way just upload to the GPS then download them to GSAK.
Easy

none...in a book

[GhostGums]

[quote="GeoScrubersnone...in a book [/quote]

A book! thats too complicated.

I am assuming you are looking for something quicker than "add a waypoint" function in GSAK. You want to create a text like file that you can easily type away and then import in. I just tried to create a straight forward text file and convert it across but it looks like it needs additional information.

A loc file which load into GSAK is a text file that looks like this (with a .loc extension). Two waypoints shown. It ain't pretty

<?xml version="1.0"?><loc version="1.0" src="EasyGPS">
<waypoint>
<name id="001"><![CDATA[03-SEP-08 13:07]]></name>
<coord lat="-27.981611" lon="152.992987"/>
<type>Waypoint</type>
</waypoint>
<waypoint>
<name id="002"><![CDATA[03-SEP-08 16:40]]></name>
<coord lat="-27.665759" lon="153.034771"/>
<type>Waypoint</type>
</waypoint>
</loc>

BTW is it Camps 4?

[GeoScrubers]

I am assuming you are looking for something quicker than "add a waypoint" function in GSAK. .....<br>
BTW is it Camps 4?

Yes, was looking for a way of using computer, rather than entering<br> onto GPS or individual waypoints on gsak.....<p> it is a few places from Camps 4

[tronador]

What is Camps 4?

[Jardry]

What is Camps 4?

Its a book with campsite details which are free or very low cost.

This is the link to the website.

[tronador]

Ta

[Mr Router]

Does not everyone use gsak to load and unload waypoints from the gps Send 500 to the 60csx in under 10 seconds, havent time it exact.
Once you tell gsak which gps to talk to and what port to use all is plain sailing !