| Author |
Message |
Peter
Guest
|
 Posted:
Fri Dec 24, 2004 7:48 am Post subject:
Re: jpg to gps? |
|
|
H.W. Stockman wrote:
| Quote: | "Peter" <prathman@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:41CB5AC7.1020308@comcast.net...
GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
I eventually figured out how to take a track file (.plt from
Oziexplorer), feed it back through Mapedit and cGPSMapper to get
something you can load as a map object. Of course that's only useful the
second time (or if someone else has been there first).
Is there a description anywhere of how to do this in a way that lets
you load objects like that together with regular MapSource files
so the trails get added to the MetroGuide or CitySelect/Nav street maps?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/map_authors/
if you join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GarminGPSMAP60C_60CS/
...search the archives for "scan" and "mapsource."
|
Did that and didn't find anything very useful.
| Quote: |
The process is hard -- if you want to make your own objects. On the other
hand, you can upload 20 "tracks" of 500 points apiece (created in something
like MapTech, DeLorme or ExpertGPS) to represent roads, streams, ridgelines,
etc.
|
Yes, I already have lots of trails that I sometimes load as Saved
tracklogs, but they have some disadvantages compared to trails/roads
that are really part of the MapSource maps (limited to 10, only one line
type, no labels, get uploaded along with Active Log when transferring
data, etc.).
I can also create my own maps, but then I just have those and not
the MapSource street maps. What I haven't seen is a clear
description of how to add my own maps as a transparent overlay to
the MetroGuide street maps and have them loaded at the same time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
H.W. Stockman
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:16 am Post subject:
Re: jpg to gps? |
|
|
"Peter" <prathman@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:Q6WdnZXxHeotHlbcRVn-uA@comcast.com...
| Quote: | H.W. Stockman wrote:
...search the archives for "scan" and "mapsource."
Did that and didn't find anything very useful.
|
There are instructions in those groups, and discussions of the difficulty
involved, with detailed explanations. You have to do some work, just to
find out what work you must do. That fact that you don't instantly find
detailed, step-by-step instructions should tell you something.
| Quote: | The process is hard -- if you want to make your own objects. On the
other
hand, you can upload 20 "tracks" of 500 points apiece (created in
something
like MapTech, DeLorme or ExpertGPS) to represent roads, streams,
ridgelines,
etc.
Yes, I already have lots of trails that I sometimes load as Saved
tracklogs, but they have some disadvantages compared to trails/roads
that are really part of the MapSource maps (limited to 10, only one line
type, no labels, get uploaded along with Active Log when transferring
data, etc.).
I can also create my own maps, but then I just have those and not
the MapSource street maps. What I haven't seen is a clear
description of how to add my own maps as a transparent overlay to
the MetroGuide street maps and have them loaded at the same time.
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dale DePriest
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:16 am Post subject:
Re: jpg to gps? |
|
|
Peter wrote:
| Quote: | H.W. Stockman wrote:
"Peter" <prathman@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:41CB5AC7.1020308@comcast.net...
GSV Three Minds in a Can wrote:
I eventually figured out how to take a track file (.plt from
Oziexplorer), feed it back through Mapedit and cGPSMapper to get
something you can load as a map object. Of course that's only useful
the
second time (or if someone else has been there first).
Is there a description anywhere of how to do this in a way that lets
you load objects like that together with regular MapSource files
so the trails get added to the MetroGuide or CitySelect/Nav street maps?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/map_authors/
if you join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GarminGPSMAP60C_60CS/
...search the archives for "scan" and "mapsource."
Did that and didn't find anything very useful.
The process is hard -- if you want to make your own objects. On the
other
hand, you can upload 20 "tracks" of 500 points apiece (created in
something
like MapTech, DeLorme or ExpertGPS) to represent roads, streams,
ridgelines,
etc.
Yes, I already have lots of trails that I sometimes load as Saved
tracklogs, but they have some disadvantages compared to trails/roads
that are really part of the MapSource maps (limited to 10, only one line
type, no labels, get uploaded along with Active Log when transferring
data, etc.).
I can also create my own maps, but then I just have those and not
the MapSource street maps. What I haven't seen is a clear
description of how to add my own maps as a transparent overlay to
the MetroGuide street maps and have them loaded at the same time.
|
You can't, but what you can do it create more tracks, perhaps using
simulation mode for the roads and then merge the road data into your
map. If you merge enough data and label it you can create a passable map.
Dale
--
_ _ Dale DePriest
/`) _ // http://users.cwnet.com/dalede
o/_/ (_(_X_(` For GPS and GPS/PDAs |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Keith Sheppard
Guest
|
| Posted:
Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject:
Re: jpg to gps? |
|
|
| Quote: | Note that I'm writing this from a European (or more specifically UK and
Ireland) perspective, where there are no half way decent maps available
for any of the Garmin mapping GPS's that would be useful for hiking
purposes.
|
That's one of the reasons I wrote my own mapping software.
Keith (Wokingham, Berkshire, UK) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ
Memberlist
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in