Category Archives: Converting Data Formats

Using ExpertGPS as a GIS, CAD, and GPS data format converter.

How to import buoy coordinates from MS Excel

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Dan Foster

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 →

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How can I convert a GPS tracklog into a point shapefile?

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Dan Foster

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 →

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Converting GPS & GPX to SVG for Adobe Illustrator

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Dan Foster

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 →

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How do I map a list of addresses?

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Dan Foster

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 →

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