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Thu, 09/15/2011 - 6:15pm

Just dowloaded the Michigan Cider MIlls from POI-Factory. I tried to save as a .gdb file and as a .gpx file but both say it is an invalid file and Mapsource will not open it. I KNOW I have done this before (I think) but sure cant make it work this time. I am trying to plan a fall color ride and this would be a great source of ideas. Appreciate any help that can be provided.

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Thu, 09/15/2011 - 6:21pm

.csv

What you downloaded must have been a .csv file. Why were you wanting to change it?

Thu, 09/15/2011 - 6:22pm

So I can display in

So I can display in Mapsource and use the waypoints to build a route. And yes, it was a .csv file. Thanks.

Thu, 09/15/2011 - 6:39pm

No can do

MapSource doesn't work with CSV files. you need to convert (or download) it as a GPX.

EPE is probably the best tool but there are others.

http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/

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Thu, 09/15/2011 - 7:05pm

Thank you!! Not good news,

Thank you!! Not good news, but sorta what I expected. Safe riding.

Fri, 09/16/2011 - 4:45am

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Grousehunter wrote:

Thank you!! Not good news, but sorta what I expected. Safe riding.

Actually that is good news. Although converting a file may sound difficult it only takes two steps with EPE. Just (1) open the csv file in EPE and then (2) select Save As and choose gpx format. Done. Only takes a couple of seconds.

Fri, 09/16/2011 - 7:19am

The extra POI Editor is a

The extra POI Editor is a good conversion tool. It is simple and I agree it should be very good news.
http://turboccc.wikispaces.com/Extra_POI_Editor

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Tue, 09/20/2011 - 7:42pm

Stupid follow up question

Stupid follow up question but which version should I download? Are the instructions included? Trend Micro Antivirus has a small fit when I attempt to open the links above. Any problem there?

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 7:56pm

the latest i believe

Grousehunter wrote:

Stupid follow up question but which version should I download? Are the instructions included? Trend Micro Antivirus has a small fit when I attempt to open the links above. Any problem there?

The latest version is 5.24. The most important thing though is to be certain you get a version that has a loader. Not all will add the needed support files,

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