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Author Archives: Dan Foster
Now Calculate the Exact Area of Any Field with ExpertGPS
ExpertGPS can calculate the exact acreage of any farm field or parcel of land. Instantly. Without any math or figuring on your part. Just click and trace, and let ExpertGPS do the rest.
Posted in Calculating Area, Farming
Tagged acreage, area, area calculation, farm, field, hectares
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Mapping oil fields over high-resolution aerial photos with ExpertGPS Pro
John B. is mapping an oil field water flood project, and needs to locate trench routes between wells and the pumphouse. ExpertGPS Pro offers aerial photo coverage of the entire US, and can easily integrate with Google Earth’s color imagery, … Continue reading
Posted in Aerial Photos, Oil and Gas Exploration
Tagged energy, gas, oil, oil exploration, pipeline
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Here's How to Transfer Excel Fishing Waypoints to a Lowrance GPS in USR Format
Ben C. needs help converting offshore and deep-sea fishing spots from an Excel spreadsheet into GPS coordinates he can convert to a .USR data file for his Lowrance GPS. Here’s how to import, map, and download the Excel data to … Continue reading
Posted in Converting CSV, Fishing & Boating, Lowrance
Tagged boating, degrees and minutes, fishing, lat/lon, marine, wrecks
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How to Convert Google Earth KML to ArcMap SHP?
James asks: “How do I convert KML (from Google Earth) to SHP (in ArcMap)?” ExpertGPS author Dan Foster shows how to import KML files into ExpertGPS Pro, and then export them in shapefile format to ArcMap in UTM, US State … Continue reading
Posted in Converting Data Formats, Converting KML, Converting SHP, GIS, Google Earth
Tagged ArcMap, conversion, kml, shp
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Exporting parcel outlines to AutoCAD DXF
Steve K. writes: “I’m using your trial software to see if it’s right for me. I’m an architect and I need the ability to export to AutoCAD. As an experiment, I drew the metes and bounds of a particular parcel … Continue reading
Posted in CAD and DXF, Converting DXF, Mapping Property, Real Estate and Property Mgmt
Tagged architect, AutoCAD, DXF, Mapping Property
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How to Send Cadastral Property Boundaries to your GPS
Ray K. asks: “I have downloaded property shape files from the Montana Cadastral mapping web site and want to place them on top of the Garmin TOPO 2008 MapSource map that in in my GPS to outline the property on … Continue reading
Posted in Converting SHP, Mapping Property, Real Estate and Property Mgmt
Tagged boundary, cadastral, Mapping Property
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Calibrating a map of Lithuania and adding a Transverse Mercator Grid (LKS94)
Eugenijus K. needs help calibrating a map of Lithuania, and overlaying a grid in LKS94, the Lithuanian national coordinate system. Here’s how to do it using ExpertGPS…
Converting DMS coordinates to degrees of latitude and longitude
Ryan S. asks: “How do I change an gps address to a longitude and latitude? my address is 25.00.75 80.22.42″ Dan Foster shows how to convert GPS numbers in DMS (Degrees, Minutes, Seconds) into degrees of latitude and longitude.
Converting Marine Chartplotter CSV Data to GPX
Andrew H. asks: “I have track files acquired as CSV data via some custom software interfacing with a marine chart plotter that I would like to easily convert to gpx format. The important thing is I want to capture position … Continue reading
How to Import GPS Waypoints into AutoCAD
Wayne S. asks: “Could you please explain to me how to import waypoints from ExpertGPS into an auto cad drawing by simply pasting to coordinates if possible?” ExpertGPS author Dan Foster shows how to move points and track lines back … Continue reading
Posted in CAD and DXF, Converting Data Formats, Converting DXF
Tagged AutoCAD, CAD, DXF, import, survey
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