GPS trail mapping??????

Kris K

4x4 Addict!
Location
Heber City, UT
I would like to be able to download trails on to my GPS. I know I can go through, and put every waypoint in my GPS but it dosen't show the trail in between the way points like Google Earth. It would be great if it would show the trail, and waypoints with turn by turn or em I asking to much???

This is what I have Garmin Map60, Garmin Topo 2008 software.
 
Are you loading GPS exchange files? or ever messed with GPS exchange files?

Usually when I go to Moab I pull in whatever trail I'm running from http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php and load it on my GPS using http://easygps.com .

It would be possible to create your own GPS exchange file if you open one up and look at it in your text editor of choice it's usually just a series of way-points. I don't believe all the items are required, I don't have my GPS with me to test but if you want to post a dozen or so points I could attempt to make one.
 
So I got home and messed with it a little. I pulled some coordinates off of google earth and just modified an existing GPX file, renamed some stuff and mapped out between the Saratoga springs smiths and Cedar fort. I eliminated a lot of the bogus entries and could probably eliminate some more if I put more time in it.

Any way here is a sample GPX file going from Smiths to Cedar Fort. If you want to attempt to load it, copy the following text into a text file and give it a GPX extension and then load it up with something like easyGPS.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" version="1.1" creator="Spork" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1">
<metadata>
<bounds minlat="40.00690300" minlon="-111.70520300" maxlat="41.00000000" maxlon="-112.67769400"/>
</metadata>
<wpt lat="40.387462" lon="-111.91654900">
<sym>Trail Head</sym>
<type>Trailhead</type>
<extensions>
<label xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/gpx_overlay/0/3">
<label_text>Smiths</label_text>
<text xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/gpx_style/0/2">
<font>
<family generic="sans-serif">
<face>Arial</face>
</family>
</font>
</text>
<extensions>
<point_symbol xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/Private/TopoGrafix/0/4">marker</point_symbol>
<marker xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/Private/TopoGrafix/0/4" url="http://www.topografix.com/Symbols/NPS_Hiking/Trailhead.png"/>
</extensions>
</label>
</extensions>
</wpt>
<trk>
<name>Smiths</name>
<number>3</number>
<type>Blue Solid</type>
<extensions>
<label xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/gpx_overlay/0/3">
<label_text>Smiths</label_text>
<text xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/gpx_style/0/2">
</text>
</label>
<line xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/gpx_style/0/2">
<color>0000ff</color>
<opacity>1.00</opacity>
<width>1.0000</width>
<pattern>Solid</pattern>
<extensions>
<cased xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/Private/TopoGrafix/0/4">true</cased>
</extensions>
</line>
</extensions>
<trkseg>
<trkpt lat="40.387462" lon="-111.916549">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.387389" lon="-111.932742">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.382767" lon="-111.961545">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.380238" lon="-111.976862">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.379954" lon="-111.992366">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.376518" lon="-112.003067">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.375385" lon="-112.013200">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.353791" lon="-112.066425">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.333421" lon="-112.096404">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.330257" lon="-112.102519">
</trkpt>
<trkpt lat="40.314182" lon="-112.097904">
</trkpt>
</trkseg>
</trk>
<extensions>
</extensions>
</gpx>
 
Anyone know of a program that would work with Windows Mobile 6? My new phone is GPS capable (already used it with Google Maps) and I would like to be able to use it on the trail too.
 
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