'Converting SHP' Category

• 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 Plane, or other projections.

  
  

  July 10th, 2009

• 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 the TOPO map.” Dan Foster shows how to use ExpertGPS Pro to import cadastral [...]

  
  

  July 10th, 2009

• Convert a GIS Trail Network to GPX for GPS Download

  

  Robert G. asks: “I have a client who is interested in providing their trail network for users to download to their handheld GPS receivers. After searching extensively, I have not been able to find a solution to what I thought would be a simple process: How to convert existing GIS data into a format that [...]

  
  

  May 29th, 2009

• How to Convert Garmin MapSource GDB to ESRI SHP

  

  Drew asks: “Will your software convert from Garmin Mapsource GDB to ESRI SHP? I have a file with multiple routes in one GDB file and I need to convert them all at one time to a shapefile line dataset. This is not a ESRI geodatabase (GDB).”

  
  

  May 29th, 2009

• Converting CSV Data to KML and SHP using Excel and ExpertGPS

  

  Arvind has a spreadsheet full of transportation routes in CSV format that he needs to be able to map. Unfortunately, the data isn’t in a standard format. Here’s how to use Excel and ExpertGPS to convert this data without any programming.

  
  

  April 3rd, 2009

• Using ExpertGPS Pro to update ArcMap layers after a GPS survey in the field

  

  JC wants to send polygon shapefiles from ArcMap to his Garmin Oregon 400t so he can conduct a field survey and mark changes on his GPS. ExpertGPS Pro will allow him to transfer shapefiles to his Garmin GPS, make changes in the field, and update his GIS database when he gets back to the [...]

  
  

  March 17th, 2009

• How to Convert KMZ to SHP: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

  

  Dawee M. writes: “I am looking at your programme ExpertGPS. Can the programme convert a kmz file from Google Earth to a shp file to use in GIS?” Dan Foster shows how to convert KML and KMZ placemarks and lines into shapefiles using ExpertGPS Pro.

  
  

  March 2nd, 2009

• 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 of public hunting areas using ExpertGPS Pro…

  
  

  December 5th, 2008

• 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 how to use the Convert to Route command in ExpertGPS to output his data [...]

  
  

  November 13th, 2008