'Mapping your Data' Category

• Adding Elevation to Trails with ExpertGPS

  

  Paul R. needs a way to add elevation data to cycling routes he’s drawing in Google Maps. ExpertGPS now has a cool new tool to allow him to add elevation data to any route or trail.

  
  

  July 7th, 2009

• Mapping x,y sampling data to real-world GPS coordinates

  

  Jessica writes: “I am doing a behavioral study on a species of bird that has communal display sites called leks. I have set up a 10 meter grid of stakes across a lek, which I use to get x and y coordinates for marked birds on the lek throughout the morning. I have [...]

  
  

  April 2nd, 2009

• Can ExpertGPS output points to MS Excel in “Name, X, Y” format?

  

  Peter K. from Canada needs a way to export coordinate data from his GPS receiver to Microsoft Excel in a simple format: Point Name, X, Y. Dan Foster shows how to create a preset column layout in the ExpertGPS waypoint list so that Peter can just copy and paste his data into Excel in [...]

  
  

  December 15th, 2008

• 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 a map, which has street level definition?”

  
  

  December 5th, 2008

• 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

• Creating custom map symbols and markers with ExpertGPS

  

  ExpertGPS comes with several hundred waypoint symbols you can use on your maps, but sometimes you need to create a map with your own custom symbology. Dan Foster shows how to create a map of the Boston MBTA subway system using its famous T logo as a waypoint marker.

  
  

  December 4th, 2008

• 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 you’ve ever wanted to take GPS and map data out of ExpertGPS to [...]

  
  

  November 10th, 2008