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[Closed] Can I create tagged GPX waypoints from names and positions in an Excel sheet?

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Looking for some GPS/GPX help.

I have a list of POI's with their corresponding grid positions.

I have found a website that lets me convert the positions to lat and long, create a GPX file and also create a KML file so I can show them in Google Earth.

Is it possible to create a KML file which will tag each waypoint with a 1 or 2 word description, which then show in Goggle Earth or on a Garmin?


 
Posted : 03/12/2015 12:08 pm
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I use this site to convert between formats etc. It might prove useful:

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/gpsbabel/

It's an online version of the GPS Babel software which is also available for download: http://www.gpsbabel.org/


 
Posted : 03/12/2015 12:12 pm
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Thanks.

Sorted now.

Converted the grid positions to Lat/Long here [url= http://www.gridreferencefinder.com/batchConvert/batchConvert.php ]gridreferencefinder.com[/url]

Then saved it as a CSV with the name tags and then converted it with GPS Babel to GPX.

Waypoints now shown with tags.


 
Posted : 03/12/2015 12:46 pm