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Old 13-06-07, 16:32   #1
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Thumbs up France- some brilliant roads

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Je suis wantez convertez to .GDB formate si vous plate


- actually just found LOC2WPT that does just that assuming that the waypoints it creates can be loaded into a route in numeric sequence
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- actually just found LOC2WPT that does just that assuming that the waypoints it creates can be loaded into a route in numeric sequence
Open the GPX in MapSource select all of the way-points in the left frame, right click and select 'Create route using selected waypoint(s)'. Needed a bit of tugging around on the one I tried but the track is there for you to follow where the route deviates.
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Old 13-06-07, 18:03   #4
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From almost anything to anything: http://www.gpsbabel.org/
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Old 13-06-07, 18:37   #5
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[quote=mandoonsouf;1023536]Je suis wantez convertez to .GDB formate si vous plate


Sounds like U best update your MapSource to latest (V6.12.3 which automatically opens the .GPX format (if that is what u r using to open the file)
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Sounds like U best update your MapSource to latest (V6.12.3 which automatically opens the .GPX format (if that is what u r using to open the file)
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Old 25-07-10, 18:27   #7
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Great link, great routes. Downloaded in preparation of times to ride. Thanks
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Old 25-07-10, 19:03   #8
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Guys why don't ytou share this on www.bestbikingroads.com run by a fellow tosser Rabittson.
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