SatMap + .gpx files

mikealder · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject:

When the Sat Sync software is made available this should be possible, currently you cannot do this, but as you don't have an active 10 is this an issue for you? - Mike

robs1972 · Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

Where have you been for the last 2 months!!?? Laughing

No it doesn't....not yet any way.

If you paste a GPX file from your PC on to the SD card it won't be recognised on the Route Menu of the A10 and if you copy a route you created on the A10 off the SD card on to your PC it's not a GPX file.....so I don't know what's going on.
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Jay1967 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 75

Food for thought... I've been an owner of PPC's for a few years now and have quite a collection excellent FREE programs, being a very open source platform.. So im wondering as the A10 is CE im assuming it too could be as 'open-sourced' and maybe someone will beat SatMap at their own game by producing their own SatSync? If so this would boost SatMaps profile hugely giving the user a free choice. It's done well to sell Windows PPC!

If I find anything, ill post it here...
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figgis · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2006 Posts: 1

I have been emailed the Sat sync software from Satmap however when I tried to move a gpx file to the Satmap it responed with "file does not appear to be a gpx file" so it may be you will have to find a particular version for it to work.

Jay1967 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 75

lxm · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 01, 2006 Posts: 14

Using Satsync to MOVE (or COPY) .gpx files onto Satmap won't work. You need to "IMPORT" them, which converts them to .map files which appear as routes in the Satmap route menu.

Apparently this only works with Memory Map .gpx files, but using GPSU you can convert non-compliant files (of almost any kind including .mmo) to plain .gpx which can then be converted by Satsync to readable .map file. Hurrah. Very Happy

lucevans · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:40 pm Post subject: Re: .gpx files

sjdwheeler · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:14 pm Post subject: GPX to MAP on Active 10

I'm a SatMap novice but have just managed to import a GPX file to my Active 10 using SatSync. I'm a Mac-User so don't have Memory Map etc. so used www.gpsvisualizer.com/draw (free) at home and transfered to the Active 10 on my work PC using SatSync (free).

I plotted a route, saved as a GPX and imported to device, which converts to .map. This free plotter doesn't seem to record altitude but otherwise it's a simple way to plot a road route.

More Mac compatibility in the GPS world please! But mission complete regardless.

Dragsterman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 06, 2007 Posts: 39

I agree there should be more Mac compatibility in the GPS world. Luckily I have a PC as well as a Mac.

About the gpx files, when I spoke to Richard at Satmap he said that gpx files which contain extra info like images etc. won't work properly. Using Notepad on the PC you can look at a gpx file and remove things like that. It seems like a long-winded way about making sure a gpx file will convert properly but worth making a note of when problems arise.

craig_w · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 6

Hey,

I've just been trying to export my Satmap route data to my PC. For some reason Memory Map doesn't like it how it is (2004 version) so I've had to use another piece of software (ITNconv) to convert it into a version that memory map does like!

Unfortunately this removes the time stamp data, so speeds and times are lost. Any idea how I import the data to memory map without losing any information?

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