uploading a raw data file to Mapsource???

[The Other PaulG]

I have a raw data file containing a track I need.

The file is, I believe, in .GPX format (although I also have access to it in .mmo).

A very brief excerpt from it looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<gpx version="1.1"
creator="Memory-Map 5.1.3.716 http://www.memory-map.com"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd">
<rte>
<name><![CDATA[Route]]></name>
<type><![CDATA[Route]]></type>
<rtept lat="54.6346711866" lon="-2.8100015035">
<name><![CDATA[WP01]]></name>
<sym><![CDATA[Dot]]></sym>
<type><![CDATA[Waypoints]]></type>

But having tried everything I know, I just can't get that data into mapsource, from where I can comfortably upload it to my satnav unit.

I'm going nuts here, any ideas please???

Paul G

 

[Fanum]

Without knowing what you know (thus have tried) it's hard to say, but have you tried renaming it *.gdb and opening it?

 

[The Other PaulG]

I have dropped the data into a notepad file, and given it a name data.gpx but in mapsource when I try to load data from a device (memory stick) to mapsource, it doesn't see the data.gpx file and says something like 'no map, track or waypoint data available at this location'

 

[The Other PaulG]

.... also, when I thought about pasting the data directly onto my gps memory card, my PC failed to recognise the gps under 'my computer', even though it was properly connected, switched on and happily sharing other track data with mapsource.

 

[Bumpkin]

.mmo is the Memory Map Navigator format, you could try GPS Babel which includes that format for import and will output a Garmin .gdb file.

 

[Womble]

First things first, when you try to load the GPX file, are you selecting the filetype in Mapsource? There's a box above the 'Open' button which allows you to change from GDB to GPX.

 

[Womble]

.... also, when I thought about pasting the data directly onto my gps memory card, my PC failed to recognise the gps under 'my computer', even though it was properly connected, switched on and happily sharing other track data with mapsource.

Mapsource talks to it in a different way than drag-and-drop. Depending on the satnav, you may need to put it into USB storage mode, if that is even available.

 

[Tomcat]

Try running it through WinGDB, which will open a GPX file and save it as a GDB file for Mapsource. Incidentally, WinGDB seems pretty good at opening XML files (which is what a GPX file is), and managed to open a couple of track logs from my Zumo that Mapsource refused (because of corrupted characters).

GPSBabel is another handy program for converting one type of GPS file into a different format.