GPS - how to convert .kml files to .gdb or .mps files for Mapsource ?

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how to convert .kml files to .gdb or .mps files for Mapsource ?

Jozef Leon

2006-04-29, 5:48 pm

I have downloaded some waypoint files for paragliding sites in Google Earth.
They are in .kml format and I would like to convert them to a file readable
in Garmin Mapsource (.gdb or .mps) in order to upload them to my Garmin
Etrex Vista.
I have done this before but have forgotten how to do this ....

Aftert 2 hours of trial and error I give up .....

Could somebody from this newsgroup tell me how to proceed ?

I have GPS Babel.

Thanks on advance for any help.

Alan Murphy

2006-04-30, 2:48 am

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:18:56 +0200, "Jozef Leon"
<jozefleon@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have downloaded some waypoint files for paragliding sites in Google Earth.
>They are in .kml format and I would like to convert them to a file readable
>in Garmin Mapsource (.gdb or .mps) in order to upload them to my Garmin
>Etrex Vista.
>I have done this before but have forgotten how to do this ....
>
>Aftert 2 hours of trial and error I give up .....
>
>Could somebody from this newsgroup tell me how to proceed ?
>
>I have GPS Babel.
>
>Thanks on advance for any help.
>

You can try "GPS Utility" (GPSU), which will convert KML files to GDB
files - see www.gpsu.co.uk and also upload them to your Etrex Vista.

Alan Murphy (author GPSU)

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