waypoint organization

[BROWN FIN]

What software is everyone using to organize their waypoints and load them on their gps? I have been doing it manually for years like a hard head.

[meaux fishing]

what brand of gps do you have?

[BROWN FIN]

Garmin and a lowrance


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[meaux fishing]

I use the mapsource program by garmin. For your garmin system you can hook up straight to your computer and download files or download them to a card. For lowrance I have saved them as a different file type, .gpx I think, and saved them on an sd card to put in my unit

[jchief]

EASYGPS, Garmin Basemap and Navionics

Easy GPS is probably the best for more than one brand

[BROWN FIN]

Thanks guys. Looks like that will save me some time.


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[Sea-Trac Offshore]

Easy gps works wonders

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Originally Posted by Sea-Trac Offshore

Easy gps works wonders

I have a garmin 541s. I don't thinks it's compatible with my unit from what their site says.

[jchief]

It's free, download and try it.

[BROWN FIN]

Originally Posted by jchief

It's free, download and try it.

I did. looks like a good program but it will not upload to my unit.

http://www.easygps.com/gps-receivers...PSMAP-541s.asp

[hurricane mike]

I used Home Port

[AceArcher]

thanks for the recommendation on easy gps. just backed up my gps coords and am a happy happy happy bout that.

[jchief]

May have to download this

http://www8.garmin.com/support/downl...ls.jsp?id=4435

and this

http://www.gpsbabel.org/

to go back and forth between units.