I'm wanting to put my Magellan handheld waypoints into my HB 788. I've got easygps downloaded, and the HB PC downloaded. I need to know what I need to do to convert the file. Anyone got any insight into this?
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I'm wanting to put my Magellan handheld waypoints into my HB 788. I've got easygps downloaded, and the HB PC downloaded. I need to know what I need to do to convert the file. Anyone got any insight into this?
An on line converter. to from anything.
GPS Visualizer: Web interface to GPSBabel
Thanks, CP. I'll give it a go.
You do not need the HB serial cable or the Humminbird PC program to put waypoints on your unit.
I will tell you ( and anyone else that wants to know) how to do this without Humminbird PC. It is very easy to do too.:cool:
Good deal, let'er rip whenever you're ready.
did you convert the waypoints to the HB format?Quote:
Originally Posted by talltimber
No not yet. I think I downloaded them to a flashdrive here somewhere. I can't retreive my handheld points here at home- no serial port, and no serial/usb adapter. I had to do it elsewhere.
Did you save them using EasyGPS? If so, you should have a .gpx file saved.Quote:
Originally Posted by talltimber
We can work with this.
I just tried converting them. The message from GPS visualizer (from the link you posted) said it was converted. I saved a file from that, but couldn't reopen it. An .hwr file.
good. That what we want.Quote:
Originally Posted by talltimber
You got you sd card handy? if so, do a quick format on it. I always like working with clean memory.
Just remember, anytime you transfer data, be it serial cable or sd, these units can puke on itself. It happens.
Are both units position formats the same? like, Degrees,Minutes, Seconds. Make sure they match. There is a reason they need to match.
I don't have my unit here, sent it off Wed. for an sd card slot repair and I can't remember for sure how it's set up. My handheld shows Lat/long in DDMMSS and it displays them in easygps in DD. The file I converted was from easygps and it was in DD, I'm assuming, as that's how they were displayed. I can't remember if I changed my handheld to DD prior to uploading to easygps or if it changed them.
It shouldn’t matter what format you had saved them in as the coordinates get saved as mercator meters anyway and are than converted to whatever format (DD.ddddd, DD MM.mmm, DD MM SS) that you choose on the unit or HumminbirdPC.
If you have the file in an *.HWR format all you should have to do is make sure it is named DAT.HWR and copy it to the SD card. Take the SD card and install it in your unit and power it on. The unit should auto-load the new waypoints.
Wasn't sure of the position format. It used to be required to be same position format (other units). I'm old school. I don't use my HB gps because of the donut, so I wasn't sure, so he couldn't go wrong with what I told him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg
DATA.HWR. works. I knew this. That why I use GPS babel. But wasn't sure of the position format.
Thanks