I am interested in downloading tracks from my Garmin oregon 450 TO OSM but hvent the slightest idea how to start, I go geocaching and would like to add the paths to OSM, help please. asked 05 May '12, 20:18 Burton wanderer TheOddOne2 |
There are a couple of possible answers to this question - what follows is probably the simplest** and most generally applicable way if you've never connected your GPS to a PC before. There's a bit of guesswork involved (I don't have a Garmin Oregon, but a couple of different ones). You'll need a USB cable. It looks like Oregon uses a standard "mini USB" cable - (a) one probably came with your GPS and (b) even if not you've probably got lots of them around. On a Garmin eTrex, you'd probably have a setup option called "Interface" and within there be able to select "USB Mass Storage" mode. On a Garmin Nuvi (and I'd expect on an Oregon) you don't have to do that - it should appear as a removable disk on your PC (after a short delay). As an example, on my (Windows 7 64-bit) PC my eTrex appears as "Removable Disk (D:)" and my Nuvi as "Garmin nuvi (D:)". If I open that drive for the eTrex I see a series of files ending in ".gpx". There's one of these created per day. You can upload from there directly to OSM. If I open that drive for the Nuvi, I've got a "D:GarminGPX" folder. In there is a "Current.gpx" (which is today's) and a folder called "Archive", which contains number ".gpx" files, one per day, that can be uploaded to OSM.
answered 05 May '12, 21:42 SomeoneElse ♦ |
answered 05 May '12, 21:10 malenki In addition to malenki's good answer I would like to add: To activate tracking you need to go to Setup>Tracks>Track Log and change it to any of the "Record" alternatives. Then I would recommend you to set: Record Method: Time Interval: 00:00:01 Auto Archive: When Full And every time you start out, go to Track Manager>Current Track>Clear Current Track
(05 May '12, 21:36)
TheOddOne2
My Garmin is set to Record Method: Distance Interval: 00.00km Thus you can avoid clouds at the logfile.
(06 May '12, 00:33)
malenki
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What operating system do you have installed on your PC?
windows 7 thanks.
Thanks again everyone, will go at it slowly.