Using GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format
Sun, 12/24/2006 - 12:16am
17 years
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Have found several sites that offer free downloads of waypoint maps in the GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format. Can these be converted to a usable Garmin POI file?
Click this link and download
Click this link and download POI Edit . Converts between many formats and will take care of your problem.
Ray
Garmin Streetpilot i3, Streetpilot C580 and Nuvi 265WT
Garmin POI loader will pull
Garmin POI loader will pull the poi's from a .gpx file just fine. No need to convert them. I have a mix of .csv and .gpx files in my poi directories.
Rusty Myers Austin, TX Garmin eTrex Vista, Zumo 550
Just take care with the "&" sign
I previousely had problems with the "&" sign in the name of the poi's when converting. Just to be safe, replace "&" with "and".
gpsbabel will convert them
gpsbabel will convert them easily.
You can load .gpx to garmins via poiloader, but uploads to this site (AFAIK) require .csv.
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Just take care with the "&" sign
In a .gpx file, you're writing XML so certain characters (&, < and >) have special meanings. You need to do the same thing to them you would when writing a web page. So
& should be &
< should be <
> should be >
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