I have my route laid out in Memory Maps. Anyone know how to import this to a GPS? I have the Delorme PN-60x.

Also, anyway to import the memory maps into TOPO America?

I do not use Memory Maps, but if you can save the route file as a .gpx file it will import to your mapping program and GPS. There are other ways too long to explain here.

butthead

Yep, I see how one can export Memory Maps into a .gpx file. Looks like I need to "activate" the program and pay for a license though. That functionality is not available on my copy.

You can get a free utility (GPSbabel) that will do the conversion (.mmo to .gpx). Of course, it does maybe 50 other conversions also.

dd

Cool. Thanks DDOC. I have been able to put waypoints in Memory Maps and then import them into my GPS now.

I tried to do all the camps and portages from MM, but it was way too many. Know of a better way?

quote Kiporby: "I tried to do all the camps and portages from MM, but it was way too many. Know of a better way?"

My approach has been a bit different ... and I use a Garmin. With my Garmin unit, I use their Mapsource product. I've transferred everything from MM to Mapsource. Because Mapsource is PC based, I don't have the same issues with too many waypoints, routes, etc.

When I'm preparing for a trip, I do a "copy and paste" from my Mapsource "master set" to a new "trip set." The trip set is paired down to that which will fit on my GPS. Even things like portages get trimmed on my GPS copy to a waypoint on each end of the port ... since I can get more waypoints on my GPS unit than routes or tracks. After I'm satisfied with my PC copy, I then load it on my GPS unit. (If I later, but pre-trip, discover I've overlooked something, its a simple matter to re-load the GPS.)

This approach has the additional benefit of having a copy of THAT trips maps so I can refer to them at a later date. Post-trip, I also download and save the data recorded on my GPS, which would include any new material captured during my trip.

dd

No experience with Memory Maps, so sorry if this is irrelevant.

I've pretty much solved my problems with too many tracks, points, map overlays, etc on my 62st the same way as dentondoc except I use Garmin BaseCamp on my iMac to make folders of the subsets of data for various trips. Took me a while to trust... I had always wanted to have all of my data on the GPSr but as my dataset grows I have come to realize how impractical that is.

The Delorme works a bit differently from the Garmin programs. You can convert all waypoints and route to a draw file that becomes a part of the map transferred to the GPS. No limits then on either waypoints or routes.

butthead

Yes.

butthead