'ExpertGPS Uses' Category
Mapping and Updating Golf Course Designs in the Field with a Garmin GPS
Jim S. needs to view his golf course designs and engineering documents out in the field, where he can collect way points and make notes using a GPS. GPS expert Dan Foster offers two solutions.
Downloading and Exporting Lowrance GPS Chartplotter Depth
Jani needs a way to export the depth data from his Lowrance LCX chartplotter. ExpertGPS will allow him to extract the depth data for each GPS track point that his chartplotter recorded, and export it to text, CSV, KML, or other file formats.
Drawing Land Use Maps and Modifying Field Boundaries
Dale writes: “My application requires that I measure the areas of various land use types within a given project area. I had problems when I tried to append a particular shape of one land use to another shape of a different land use. I had to leave a gap to keep things from [...]
How to Get your Business Listed in GPS POI Databases
How do you get a POI for your business listed on Garmin, TomTom, and other GPS receivers? This is a question small-business owners ask all the time. Here’s how to get your business POI added to Garmin GPS receivers and others.
Mapping a Hunting Area on a Farm using ExpertGPS and Google Earth
Bill G. writes: “I see that I can enter my hunting areas with expert GPS and did see some farm capabilities. How easy is it to put fence lines and gates on the maps? Can I pull in a Google Earth image and draw directly on that?” Dan Foster explains how to [...]
How can I view Section, Township, Range coordinates on a GPS map?
Terry F., a rural real estate appraiser in Montana, needs to be able to view a map with Section, Township, and Range coordinates. Dan Foster explains how ExpertGPS Pro can be used as a moving-map display in a vehicle.
Mapping a 3000 Acre Deer Camp with ExpertGPS
David B. wants to create a hunting map for his 3000 acre deer camp. Here’s how ExpertGPS can help him to make a map of all of the deer stands, feed plots, and boundaries on his hunting lease.
How to make a ranch map with a Garmin GPS
Drew needs map-making software for his West Texas ranch. ExpertGPS will allow him to map out his land, roads, and fences and create a detailed ranch map over any topo map, aerial photo, or USGS soil survey map.
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…
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 specifically to make working with US marine data easier.






