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CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP ANDROID
CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP PRO
CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP PC
CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP LICENSE

CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP LICENSE

The advantage of using Memory Map is that it has versions for both phones and PC’s, a license allows you to use Memory Map on five different devices and it uses Ordnance Survey Maps instead of the Open Street Maps used by other apps.

Popular apps are Komoot, OSMAnd and Memory Map.

CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP PC

Creation of your own routes will be the subject of a later article, but it is much easier to create routes on a PC than on a phone, or GPS unit.

gpx email attachment will cause it to be opened with your chosen app.

Generally, the installation of a phone app will set up a file association so that double clicking a.

Even the “free” ones have a paid for “Pro” mode but it’s probably better to use the app for a while before upgrading to “Pro” so you know whether the extra features will be useful to you.

If you ask which is the best everyone will give you a different answer and I suggest you should do your own research by talking to people or looking on the web.

Select the file and press “Open”, which will cause the route to be displayed on a map background.

Press “Browse” and navigate to the gpx file you saved in the first step.

In the url field of your web browser type: and press “enter” – good idea to save the url as a “favourite” for future use.

Open the email containing the gpx file attachment and save the gpx file in a folder where you can find it again.

CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP PRO

There is, of course, a paid Pro version, which will allow you to record routes, but none of this is necessary to use the basic functionality. Spend a bit of time looking at the app as there are other things you can do, like navigating a route and changing the mapping (I recommend CyclOSM).GPX Viewer will open showing the route on a map background and that’s all there is to it without any extra complications. You will be shown a list of apps you could use to open the file – select “GPX Viewer” and select “just once”.Go to your email and double-click the attached gpx file.Click on “Install” and wait for the process to complete.Load up Google Play Store and type “GPX Viewer” in the search box.

Tip – how do I look at the route contained in a gpx file attached to an email?.

This is particularly useful for gpx files as you will be using them in several different applications by the time we have finished. on the end, making it totally clear to see what the file is used for.

Tip – I recommend that in the “View” tab of Explorer you enable “File name extensions” – now file names will be displayed with.

Our PCs use a plethora of different files and it’s not always easy to see the difference between a spreadsheet file, a word-processor file, or a gpx file? In Windows Explorer, files are often shown with an icon at the beginning of its name, which belongs to the default application used to open the file, but do you always know what the icon represents?.You should always have a paper map as a backup. However, I wouldn’t want anyone to feel they must have a GPS to take part in, or to lead our rides and it is important not to rely solely on technology that can fail you in many ways – perhaps a flat battery. I find my GPS is a very handy gadget for navigating and I like to record mileages and the amount of climbing that I do.

CREATING A ROUTE WITH .GPX FILES IN GARMIN BASECAMP ANDROID

I will talk about Windows PCs, Android phones and Garmin GPSs, but would be very pleased to receive any relevant information about Apple PCs, phones, or other GPSs.

I hope to be able to improve your confidence in the use of GPS devices, but it’s not going to be a quick process and we’ll take it in small steps over several weeks.

With a growing population of GPS units, in particular Garmin Edge devices being used on our club runs It has become evident to me that many people are not getting the best out of their GPS units.

This is a collection of all the articles that Bob Tinley issued in the Weekly Bulletins in the latter part of 2021