These are instructions for putting points from a Garmin GPS onto a Google Earth map. I assume that you’ve already installed a recent version of Mapsource and Google Earth and that you have the cable to connect your GPS to your computer.
- Turn on the GPS and connect it to the computer
- Start Mapsource (Start Menu / Garmin / Mapsource)
- In Mapsource, choose Transfer / Receive From Device…
- It takes about 30 seconds for Mapsource to find the GPS. In the resulting box, make sure that Waypoints, Tracks, and Routes are selected and that Maps is not selected
- Press Receive and it will download the Waypoints, Tracks, and Routes from the GPS. This may take up to 10 minutes. Press Okay on the Transfer Complete window
- You will see a bunch of waypoints or tracks on the left side.
- Choose View/View in Google Earth
- Google Earth will start up. After it finishes loading, double click on Places / Temporary Places / Mapsource/Waypoints to show all waypoints on the map
- Drag the map till the waypoints you want to look at are roughly in the center of the map. Use the mousewheel to zoom in and out and click and drag to reposition the map.
- When you’re done, exit Google Earth. It will ask you if you want to save Temporary Places to My Places. Say No.
- You’re done. You may want to save the points in Mapsource.
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Very cool – makes me want to get a Garmin. I’ve got an old GPS and have manually entered the coordinates into Google Earth.
I suspect most GPSes could get the coordinates into Google Earth for you – it’s more of a software than a hardware thing. If you let me know what kind of GPS you have, I could do some digging around for you.
Mine doesn’t even have a port for a cable to attach to – so I think if I’m going to do much of this, I’ll need a new GPS. =)
In that case, you’re right you will need a new GPS – time go shopping for something shiny and new!
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