Showing Garmin routes on Google Earth

I'm a serious fan of Google Earth, just for being nosy inquisitive and even for checking out locations before booking holidays.

It struck me last night that it would be interesting to display Garmin GPS routes on Google Earth, but since I haven't paid for the update to Google Earth Plus I can't import directly from a GPS unit.

However, after a bit of searching I found a website which converts Garmin (.gdb) route files into Google earth (.kml) files here  (http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input?form=googleearth).

I didn't change any of the settings (apart from tick 'Open in new window') and simply chose a .gbd file covering most of our day's outing on 26th October in the Pyrenees.

When the resulting .kml file Download file here was opened in Google Earth, the result (where the route shows up in blue) is:


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Posted by Nigel Utting at 23 Nov 2008, 1:54 PM
Categories: Technology:Google Earth:GPS, Amateur Radio:APRS
Tags: Google Earth Garmin GPS Pyrenees GPS
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