Google Earth - How to create track and waypoints and upload it onto your Gps Navigator:

In this little guide to Google Earth we learn how to use Google Earth Free Edition to draw a path, add waypoints and use all this in our Gps navigator or other Gps software.

First, download Google Earth free version if you don't So, Zoom in the interested area At the Left side in "the place area" you find "My Places" Right click, add, folder, and create a folder, give it to it a name like "Mountain bike 3 lake tour", ok you have just created the folder that will contain the object (track and wp) Go up in the bar ever in your Google Earth click on "add path" A new folder opened, give to it a name (3 lake path) but be carefull don't click on ok, move the task out but don't close it, you will click "ok" only than you finished to draw the path. Start to draw the path by clicking with your mouse, move the map using the arrow on the keyboard and zoom with the Google Earth command in the top right side when you finish drawing you can give ok on the folder, you saved the gps path in your " 3 lake tour " main folder. You also could reastart drawing another path for example an alternative way. Now click up on "Add placemark"(Look to the photo at the bottom) Move the Marker on the correct point dragging it with the mouse, you can change icon clicking on the icon at the right side near the name data, give it a name like, start, water, top climb etc, give ok only when the marker is in the right position . You can place how many marker you want. Now your main folder (3 lake tour) it's full of object, path and wp, now do a right click on your main folder and select "save as", give it a name and save on your desktop. Now you have a kml or kmz file that is the native format for google earth (try to open that file and you can see on google earth your work) but our purpose is to use it on other software and other device like our Gps Navigator, etrex, magellan etc So you need to convert your kml or kmz file in a standard gps format like a Gpx, for this purpose is come in  Gpsvisualizer.com you can see "upload your file here" find your file and then select Gpx and click on convert. Just a few second and you have a gpx file with a long name, give a right click and save it on you desktop, your Gpx file is now ready for been uploaded on your garmin for example, but now you can open it with other software like CompeGps Land and save it in other format. That's All. sorry for my English, write a comment below..bye bye

Yout places area on the left side of google earth:

The Google Earth bar

The "add path" tool

The "add placemark tool"

Commenti (32)

Scritto da ranabotlo, il 08-09-2009 18:32 Proprio un bel sistema, veloce e pratico: si spera solo che nella zona da trattare le immagini satellitarie siano recenti e di buona qualità...fantastico e fantastici voi tutti

Scritto da ilnonno70, il 31-08-2009 11:47 giusto a rigor di cronaca riporto quello che penso essere la soluzione al mio problema. Una cosa banale, ma almeno per me non è stata scontata fin da subito. Semplicemente ho creato su google earth una traccia di colore bianco...identica allo sfondo di visualizzazione di smartcomgps. Credo il problema sia esattamente questo qui

Scritto da ant1606, il 30-10-2008 11:42 Ciao a tutti! Segnalo un'applicazione utile e semplice da usare per convertire file *.kml in formato *.gpx, si tratta di KMLtoGPX che e' possibile scaricare da qui: http://www.fish-track.com/?page_id=3  Per chi non avesse Google Earth installato, ad esempio su un PC diverso, segnalo che e' possibile tracciare rotte con Google Earth da questa pagina web: http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map  La versione gratuita richiede un copia-incolla della sorgente in un documento *.txt (blocco note) da salvare con estensione *.gpx ma non e' drammatico!  Buon divertimento   Ciao Ant

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