FAQs - GPS Waypoint Data Files

Q. I've got a GPS device but don't know how to use it. Can you help?

For general information on GPS and GPS Devices - see

Hill Skills > GPS Devices - the Myths and Truths Part 1 and

Hill Skills > GPS Devices - the Myths and Truths Part 2

For fellow user Questions and Answers about GPS and GPS Devices - see Q & A - GPS Waypoints

Q. How do I get GPS waypoints into my hand-held GPS device?

Full instructions are included in every GPS Waypoint Download file.

There are links to 56 Free Sample Walk routes, 3 Free GPS Waypoint files and 1 Peak Bagging Map/Tick List contained within every issue of our regular monthly FREE HTML Newsletter. (To see FAQs - Newsletters click here)

To access these free samples you must subscribe to our Newsletter. The links to our Free Sample Walk routes, GPS Waypoint files and a Peak Bagging Map/Tick List are included within the newsletter itself. You will be sent a copy of the latest issue automatically once you confirm your newsletter subscription.

To get your copy of our monthly HTML Newsletter click here.

Q. I've loaded the GPS waypoints into Memory Map but some of the points appear to be slightly off. What's going on?

See Importing GPS Waypoints into Memory Map

Q. I'm using a Garmin 60 GPS and have uploaded the waypoints and received the transfer complete message. However, I can't seem to locate the data on my GPS. Am I missing something?

It may be that you have your Garmin set to view waypoints in "Find Nearest" mode in which case the Garmin does not show waypoints further than a specified distance away.

If you switch the view mode in the Garmin 60 to "Find by Name" then you should see the uploaded waypoints listed alphabetically. (See the Garmin manual for how to do this).

Q. I've tried to load GPS Waypoints in the GPS Utility but get a 'grid is not loaded' message?

You are creating your text file (.txt) with a programme like Microsoft Word, Excel or WORDPAD that is introducing extra formatting into the text preventing GPS Utility from reading it properly.

You must use a very basic text editor like Notepad or save your excel spreadsheet as a tab delimited file.

Q. You supply GPS Waypoints as text files. Which formats can I convert these into using GPS Utility?

With this GPS Utility you can Save/Export selectively and in the following formats:

• GPX interchange format (*.gpx)
• PXC5 (for import to MapSource)
• Waypoint+ (text format)
• Yeoman (*.wpl)
• Ozi Explorer (*.wpt, *.rte, *.trk)
• Autocad (*.DXF)
• AutoRoute Express
• GPS Pilot Topographer
• Delorme (*.gpl)
• Dbase fileset (DBF, SHP and SHX files) (for DataSend)
• Shape fileset (SHP, SHX, DBF)
• Fugawi waypoints OR tracks
• Gardown tracks (gtr)
• Magellan SD Card format (*.txt) Waypoints/Routes OR Tracks
• Mapinfo fileset (*,mif, *,mid)
• PDB file (Pathaway)
• Route Details
• Tracks as raw data
• Waypoints in Maptech format (*.mxf)
• Routes in Maptech format (*.rxf)
• Tracks in Maptech format (*.txf)
• Surfer tracks (*.bln)
• Surfer waypoints (*.dat)
• TomTom Navigator (*.ov2)
• GPSU

Note: some formats may restrict the selection to just waypoints, routes or trackpoints and some may impose a particular file separator character or date format.

Q. GPS Utility is PC only. Do you recommend a GPS Utility for a Mac?

At present we haven't tested a GPS Utility that runs on an Apple Macintosh OSX but you might want to try MacGPSPro.

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