how to transfer routes from Garmin etrex legend gps to my pc & incorporate it to google maps or google earth? ?

Question

how to transfer routes from Garmin etrex legend gps to my pc & incorporate it to google maps or google earth? ?

Answer 1

You need a program that can read the data from your etrex and create a gpx file.

Garmin's Mapsource will work well and will let you edit the track before you create the file.

Easy GPS (www.easygps.com/) will also work and is free.



Edit your track appropriately, add waypoints, etc and save the GPX file.



Go to the GPS visualizer web site (http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input) and convert the GPX file to a KML file.



Go to your My Maps on Google Maps and upload the KML file.



You can then edit the colors, waypoint markers, and the routes on your map page.

Answer 2

Read the Garmin User Manual.



Google search for:



geotagging "Google Earth"



AND:



geotagging "Google Maps"



For more info:

Answer 3

garmin etrex venture is the worse unit i have ever used, better have a backup with you when on the water that you do not know or in the woods deer hunting or end up spending the night in freezing cold weather, impossible to operate and no one at garmin can make it simple or help you