Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Converting points to routes

[Christoph E. <ce...@ch...>]

Hi Joe,

> I am very new to GPS. I just got a Garmin GPSmap 60csx last week to =A0
> use for bicycle trips.

so enjoy your expensive gadget ;-) .

> I am using Google Earth to plan my routes. =A0=20

I use
http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map/development.html
or
http://clickroute.de/

> Gpsbabel translates the Google Earth points into waypoints. When I =A0
> load them onto the GPS I find it very tedious to add them to a route.
> =A0 I would like to use Gpsbabel to change the points into a route
> before loading them. I see that there is a command for doing that in
> Gpsbabel.

According to
http://www.gpsbabel.org/htmldoc-1.3.3/filter_transform.html
it reads something like
gpsbabel -i kml waypts.kml -x transform,rte=3Dwpt -o gpx -F route.gpx

May need additional arguments.

> Is there any way to use the transform waypoints into a=20
> route command with the GpsBabel+ interface? I am not familiar with
> using command line programs and I would like the process of planning
> routes and putting them onto the GPS to be as easy as possible.

Either use the tools mentioned above (which will give you gpx right=20
away) or try
http://gebabbel.sf.net
which provides a preset system.

HTH & best regards,

ce