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Category Archives: Converting Data Formats
Making a map of GPS data from MS Excel
Otis C. asks: “I have an MS Excel document with multiple Lat/Long points listed in one column, but individual rows. Would I be able to import this info into your product and have it plot it point by point on … Continue reading
Posted in Converting CSV, Converting Data Formats, Mapping your Data
Tagged CSV, excel, import
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Mapping public hunting areas and walk-ins using free GIS data and ExpertGPS Pro
Kevin is trying to map all of the public and walk-in hunting locations in South Dakota, and wants to be able to send the hunting area boundaries to his Lowrance XOG GPS receiver. Here’s how to create a GPS map … Continue reading
Posted in Converting Data Formats, Converting SHP, Hunting, Mapping Property, Mapping your Data
Tagged ExpertGPS Pro, Hunting, Lowrance, Mapping Property, shapefile, South Dakota, WMAs
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Recommended Web sites with GPS trails in GPX format
Michael B. from Washington asks: “I’m interested in using my GPS for hiking and I found the Backpacker.com web-site has hikes with trail routes that I can export to ExpertGPS. I was hoping that there were other such sites you … Continue reading
Posted in Converting Data Formats, Converting GPX, GPS Recommendations
Tagged GPX, sharing GPS data
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How to import buoy coordinates from MS Excel
ExpertGPS user Stephen P. is having trouble copying and pasting buoy data from Microsoft Excel into ExpertGPS. Dan Foster points out some common problem areas when working with tables of waypoint data, and introduces a new feature in ExpertGPS designed … Continue reading
Posted in Converting CSV, Converting Data Formats, Fishing & Boating
Tagged convert, excel, import, marine
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How can I convert a GPS tracklog into a point shapefile?
An ExpertGPS Pro user from Pennsylvania asks how to convert his Garmin tracklogs (recorded in a helicopter) into X/Y point data in shapefile format, so he can distribute X,Y data of his company’s flight paths to clients. Dan Foster shows … Continue reading
Posted in Converting Data Formats, Converting SHP
Tagged ArcGIS, Aviation, convert, ESRI, ExpertGPS Pro, shapefile
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Converting GPS & GPX to SVG for Adobe Illustrator
Here’s a preview of a feature that will eventually end up in ExpertGPS Pro: SVG output of GPS maps! SVG (that’s Scalable Vector Graphics) is a Web standard format for interchanging vector data like GPS tracklogs and CAD drawings. If … Continue reading
Posted in Converting Data Formats, Converting GPX, Mapping your Data
Tagged adobe illustrator, coming soon, conversion, svg, vector
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How do I map a list of addresses?
Maxwell has an Excel spreadsheet containing 80 street addresses that he needs to be able to map. Dan Foster explains how to use the Go to Address command in ExpertGPS to create waypoints from geocoded addresses, and how to use … Continue reading

