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Creating Garmin c330 POI from Magellan GPS

 
Mon, 01/01/2007 - 10:56am

I have Magellan Color waypoints saved as a .wpt file in MapSend Topo. Also have the same file as an Excel type. What is the best way to get to a format to upload into the c330?

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Mon, 01/01/2007 - 2:20pm

converting to custom POIs

It should be pretty easy to re-arrange the data in Excel so that it can be uploaded as a POI file.

Start by making a copy of your original Excel file (as a backup).

Re-arrange the data into 3 or 4 columns:

Column 1 = longitude (format like -122.93283)
Column 2 = latitude (format like 35.82943)
Column 3 = name
Column 4 (optional) = additional description

Delete any extra columns or rows.

More info on this page:

Garmin CSV Format

Finally, use Garmin's POI Loader software to transfer the file to your GPS.

It might also be possible to use something like PoiEdit or GpsBabel to convert directly from your .wpt file to .csv or .gpx format.

JM