Thread: How to put a map on basecamp to put gps stuff across to?

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

totally reccommend all you GPS boys get Basecamp set up and at least trf your weigh points. Had a mate loose his GPS and not done the trf......all that info gone

Yip lost my last one and it sucked!! few years of goodies down the gurgler. Most were remembered but finding locations in the Kaimai's more than once can be near impossible without one.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

your going to have to start at the beginning with "what is base camp?"

Service that Garmin provide. Some came with a disc to load it onto your PC. Think you can just plug the gps in now and it'll find it and install it.

I am probably likely to wipe everything by mistake, done that a few times trying to save pics out of phones

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I am probably likely to wipe everything by mistake, done that a few times trying to save pics out of phones

Get your kids to do it you Neanderthal

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

your going to have to start at the beginning with "what is base camp?"

Garmin: BaseCamp Updates & Downloads


55MB might start downloading tonight and hope it is done by morning
Should keep a memory stick at work

Get base camo installed and then download and install mapsource. Then find some charts.
Cam I can put it on your PC if you like

Originally Posted by Gibo

Oh true, how do you load straight to google dude?

Make sure your GPS is hooked up to the computer.

In google earth, open up the "tools" drop down menu, select "GPS". Select Garmin or Magellan GPS unit and hit the import button. Zoom in to the areas you have visited and your track will/should be laid out in a blue line as to where you have been.

Originally Posted by mikee

Get base camo installed and then download and install mapsource. Then find some charts.
Cam I can put it on your PC if you like

Yes please.

Yes there are heaps of open source maps with current tracks etc both topo and otherwise, you will have to install an installer program but it's easy enough, I have an e-trex 30 and use only free open source maps. works great, costs nothing and is more current than a lot of the commercial maps

Originally Posted by Gibo

Yip lost my last one and it sucked!! few years of goodies down the gurgler. Most were remembered but finding locations in the Kaimai's more than once can be near impossible without one.

Which is why I always download my tracks etc to freshmap.

from basecamp to google earth is Piss easy. I like using Mapsource too (free from garmin) - google it.
Connect the GPS to PC.
Open basecamp
Use the little black symbol with the arrow going up (its receive FROM GPS).
Find the route or track that you want to view in google maps. Click once on it.
Go up to File
select export
select export selection
It opens a box to save it, pick a location AND change file type to KML type.
Open google earth
Select file
select open
Go to the kml file (if you can't see it, change file type).
select
When it asks to create strings etc, say yes.

ta da

Can you say that again, I missed it

Also free maps @ NZ Open GPS Project . Works great. You can export waypoints from Google earth to Basecamp pretty easily also. Great if you find a clearing or slip in Google earth then fire it through to your gps.

hey thanks it seems I have topo lite maybe on the GPS from when I brought it (think I paid extra to have it preloaded) but this wont go across to the PC. Will try the google maps thing tonight thanks :-)

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