If you ever use Google Maps or Waze for driving directions, you see this routing concept in action all the time as they automatically route you from A to B around traffic and slow-ups. It will route you across land, water, lava, whatever between A and B.
Routable roads and trails are usually found on maps that you can load on the device or ones that have been preloaded. Otherwise the unit will default to straight lines. Most GPS units come with some sort of routable maps on them.
OSM maps are community-sourced and generally have more trails including small and overgrown on them. If you are navigating in a car, walking streets, or on the water, just use a route as you would when you use something like Google Maps. I generally use routes when:. Generally my workflow is to plan out a hike on the computer and paper map by researching the area, landmarks, and conditions.
Since everyone has a different workflow and preferences, and there are dozens of pieces of software and web apps to work with GPX files, just note that these are the tools that work best for me. I encourage you to play around with different tools and see what works best for you. There are a ton of ways to create GPX files, and you could even theoretically write your own text file using Notepad, but that would be painful.
Here are my tips for creating GPX files before your hike. A runner up is Garmin Basecamp, which does tracks, routes, and waypoints well, but lacks the depth of data layers that the other tools do. I wish I could overlay weather, etc. Now you can also record tracks on your GPS route and save them.
I have a guide to creating hiking routes and sending them to your Garmin GPS here. GeoJSON is a new format with these differences:. KML can contain the same elements as a GPX file but was intended to store mapping presentation and annotation data.
They are often used to share courses for running and cycling. This can get a little tricky, but the thing to remember is that in the GPX file, the latitude and longitude should always be in WGS 84 format, regardless of what your map is encoded in or what types of units you look at on the screen.
For most Garmin units you have these three settings usually deep down in the settings. The U. Department of Defense launched the GPS system and it became fully operational in Since this crucial tool is controlled by the US military, other countries like India have developed their own satellite positions systems. Newer GPS units can receive position signals from some of these newer systems.
Notice 2. This page works for about waypoints. It has been reported that it does not work for larger files. If you have an error with a file smaller than that, please let me know at the contact above. This page is a. You can create or edit waypoint and routes and write the output in.
One free program that works well is EasyGPS. You can either enter your waypoints by entering the latitude and longitude on this page, or you can start with the output from another program that outputs. Either way, edit the names of your waypoints to more user friendly names in the form below and then use those names to create your routes in the text box at the bottom of this page.
Hit the submit button and a. Upload or save it to your GPS and you are ready to go sailing. Note, some GPSs have limits on the number of waypoints or routes. You may want to save your existing.
Once you've loaded your GPS data into Google Earth, you can edit the waypoint placemarks and track paths, and add more information about the waypoints and tracks in the balloons. Once you have loaded your GPS data into Google Earth, you can edit the waypoint placemarks and track paths, and add more information about the waypoints and tracks in the balloons. Have questions about this tutorial? Want to give us some feedback? Visit the Google Earth Help Community to discuss it with others.
Let's Get Started! Open Google Earth. Go to the Tools menu and select GPS. Tips You can also get data from your GPS device in real time.
For example, if you go out in the field with your laptop, you can view your current location live on Google Earth. You'll need to make sure that your GPS device is connected and streaming data using one of the supported protocols NMEA is the most common.
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