How to enter Google Earth cooridinates in to a gps?
Thursday, June 14th, 2012 at
7:50 pm
Question by : How to enter google earth cooridinates in to a gps?
I’m going on a dirt bike trip and I have it all planned out on google earth. How do I enter these coordinates into my Garmin etrex H? I tried and it didn’t work.
p.s I don’t have that cord
Best answer:
Answer by Chris
A PostCode Usually Does it?
Try -> http://www.mikepadgett.com/technology/creating-routes-for-a-garmin-etrex-h/
More Useful Information..
http://www.sciuridae.co.uk/hiking_gps/garmin_etrex_h_quick_start.htm
http://www8.garmin.com/products/manual.jsp?product=010-00631-00
Hope it helps :)
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Specify the coordinates you do have.
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Try GPSvisualizer to convert
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GeoCode an Address – http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/geocode
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GPS Visualizer’s coordinate calculators & distance tools – http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/calculators
First, check the settings on the GPS. There are many formats for entering the coordinates. I think that the default in the etrex is degrees minutes seconds (dd mm ss.ss). Google uses decimal degrees (ddd.dddddd). It is much easier to set your GPS to decimal degrees than convert between the different units.
You also need to change the heading indicator as you input the point. Garmin’s decimal degrees uses N/S/E/Wddd.ddddd but Google uses +/- + is equal to N or E, – is equal to S or W
The transfer cord for the serial interface on the etrex H is expensive from garmin. They used to be a lot cheaper on ebay. Also check for Pfrank to see if they are still in business, they made very good cords.
Using Mapsource (or something like the free USA Photomap program) to transfer points is much easier than entering them directly in the GPS. It also allows you to map the tracks from your travels onto a map.