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====Custom Map with GPX2IMG====
An intersting interesting and suitable option to transfer all the tracks and waypoints to an GPS is creating a cutoms customs map. This evades handling a large number of tracks on a small GPS which is not without problems with some handheld GPS devices.
I have recently "discovered" the free software GPX2IMG and used it with success to convert more than 500 track and 1500 waypoints into a custom map and upload it to my GPS without any problem. This simple to use software creates a transparent custom map so all converted tracks and waypoints are displayed i.e. on top of the topographic map without hiding the information of the topographic map. In particular with the trail extension and a rising number of tracks this will be a more suitable if not requiredmethod to transfer and display all the entire trail with all the options on a GPS.
The free software can be found and downloaded here: [http://www.gpx2img.com/ www.gpx2img.com]
The steps for creating a custom map are:
Optional Step 1: Edit the KMZ file in Google Earth as required (i.e. combining the selected sections or deleting the not required section) and save it as single KMZ file.
Optional Step 2: Open the KMZ file in Garmin Basecamp and edit the tracks and waypoints as required.
Optional Step 3: Save all tracks and waypoints with Garmin Basecamp in a single GPX file.
Optional Step 4: Close Garmin Basecamp.
Step 5: Open GPX2IMG and load the GPX file that you wish to convert into a custom map.
Step 6: Select the appropriate format for the tracks ("Trail") and waypoints (i.e. leave it as a blue dot) in GPX2IMG before creating the custom map.
Step 7: Convert the GPX file into custom map. If set up correctly the created custom map will be written automatically into a Garmin Basecamp directory.
Step 8: Open Garmin Basecamp and select the GPX2IMG map and verify if the map contains the desired tracks and waypoints in the appropriate format. Note that the custom map may not appear transparent in Basecamp even if correctly converted.
Step 9: Transfer the custom map to handheld GPS devise.
Step 10: Verify that the custom map was transferred correctly to the handheld GPS devise. You may need to "enable" the custom map and an topographical map to see all information simultaneously.
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