Re: Transfer old MacGPS waypoints to eTrex Legend?

From: Eino Uikkanen (eino.uikkanen_at_SORRYkolumbus.fi)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:51:59 +0200

"Rick Povich" <shutter@pitt.edu> kirjoitti viestissä
news:cn0a34$8l$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu...
> Hi,
>
> It's been a while since I was here last. Earlier this summer my trusty
> old 12Xl took a dive to the bottom of a dam. As a result I'm now trying
> to recover some old waypoints to my new eTrex Legend. I'd exported them
> a long time ago (1997!) from MacGPS 0.5b2!. I now have a text file on
> my PC of these waypoints (appx 300) which I've tried using GarTrip and
> GPSUtility to import, but no luck. Is there a Win XP app that I could
> use to import these waypoints. Do I need to re-format the data in a
> spread*** before another app might work? I was hoping I wouldn't have
> to buy/build a cable for a Mac -> eTrex transfer since I have the Garmin
> serial cable.
>
GeoConv might be one solution. If you just get terrified from looking at
GeoConv's User's Manual, you could send me an sample and I could try the
conversion for you. You find my preferred e-mail address from my home-page.

GeoConv: http://www.kolumbus.fi/eino.uikkanen/geoconvgb/index.htm

Regards,
Eino Uikkanen
http://www.kolumbus.fi/eino.uikkanen/geoconvgb/index.htm

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