GPS Files - Take
Your Choice
Last updated
11:50 pm. Sunday, 9/7/2008
Master.zip
-- contains Master.gdb file.
This Garmin Database Ver.3 GDB file contains all 12 route files and all
waypoints.
If you can use this file, I strongly recommend it!
MSBikeGPX.zip
- 12 individual GPS
eXchange GPX format
MSBikeGDB.zip - 12
individual Garmin Database Ver. 3 GDB format
Files (Garmin only)
The 12 files in each zip file are the same ones listed in the
next table. Download your choice, unzip, and then move to your
GPS according to the instructions for your GPS.
Individual GPX Files
If there is no link on the file name,
it hasn't been built yet. Look for updates at least daily.
These are the files that I initially intend to build. My goal is
to have the initial set finished by Sunday, Sept. 7.
Clicking on these links may just open them in your browser. If it
does, just save the file with a GPX extension.
About Routes, Tracks and
Waypoints....
Many
people build track files.
These are simply a series of unnamed points along the route - often far
more points than compared to a route. I'm trying to build files that
will be most useful to a SAG vehicle, or any other event support person
that has to DRIVE the course, so I have chosen to build ROUTE
files.
GPS Routes are built using WAYPOINTS. I am creating WAYPOINTS
that correspond as close as possible to the CUE SHEETS with as few
additional WAYPOINTS as necessary. I have had to add a few extra
WAYPOINTS to make sure that the GPS calculates the route from point to
point and stays on track. For instance, on the Saturday 30
mile route, after mile 24.8 / cross over US-17, I had to add a
couple waypoints to keep the GPS route on course.
This also puts Waypoints into your GPS in case you need to plot a
direct route to a specific location, particularly Rest Stops.
Please let me know what you think of
this process and what can be done
to improve it.
Why Updates?
This is a tedious process. I'm discovering improvements as I go
and expect feedback suggestions. I will include improvements in
files already created, if possible, but my priority is to get the
initial routes created.
FEEDBACK WANTED!
ag4xr
-at- nc dot
rr dot com
(edit the email address to normal format - I don't need junk mail.)
Make sure
that the files you download work in your GPS. Do it TODAY!
PLEASE email me and give me feedback!
There are lots of different GPS manufacturers and models. These
files
may work with many, but maybe not with your GPS. If these
files work
with yours, please send me an email and tell me which files you used
and the make, model and software versions of your GPS.
If these files don't work with your
GPS,
let me know. If you know why, let me know. If you need a
different
format, I'll see if I can generate the new format files. See the
discussions below.
Please, remember that this is taking a lot of time, so I'll do the best
I can, but no promises.
GPS File Creation Info
I am in the process of building GPS files
for the event, but it is a tedious process. Ultimately, I hope to
have at least 12 files built. There are six different routes, and I am
trying to build forward
and reverse
route files for each route. I amy also try to build sets of files
in different formats.
Check back regularly (at least daily until I announce that I'm done)
for additional files or updates to existing files.
File Types...
There are several different file types for GPS files. I'm not
completely up to speed, but I think I have a handle on them. I can
generate the following formats:
*.GPX --- GPS eXchange Format files should be usable by most
GPS units, no matter the manufacturer.
*.GDB --- Garmin GPS Database Versions
2 and 3. GDB files are Garmin-specific database
files. I can produce version 2 or 3 files.
*.MPS --- MPS Files
*.TXT --- Text (tab delimited)
*.DXF --- DXF files
Note:
I don't really know anything about the MPS or DXF files. My
first goal is to get the route files built and loaded into my
database. Once that is done, I can look at what types of files to
create.
About the file source....
The GPS and software that I am using are as follows:
GPS Side...
GPS:
Garmin nuvi 760
GPS Software: Ver. 3.10
Basemap::
AMR Autoroute Basemap NR 2.00
Computer Software Side...
MapSource:
Ver. 6.13.7
Map version:
City Navigator North America NT 2009
Data Version 10.00
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