[Qgis-user] GPX, OS Grid References and Google Earth

[Jake Maier]

I have the gpsmap60 and this seems not to work for me. Is the 62 different in that respect or do I make a mistake trying it.

My explorer cannot find the garmin unit. Only if I set it to mass storage does it display some information, but then it’s only the maps within the unit.

Thanks for any help

Jake

 

 

From: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Lene Fischer
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 4:54 AM
To: Des Callaghan; qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] GPX, OS Grid References and Google Earth

 

Hello Des

 

I´m also using GPSmap62

This GPS gives me trouble downloading and uploading via QGIS...

 

So this is how I do:

Use Explorer to find your Garmin Unit

Click on GPX

Find the GPX file Waypoints_dd_mm_yy.gpx

Copy the file to your disk.

 

 

>From QGIS

Click on Plugin>GPS>GPS Tool

Choose Load GPX file

 

 

Your waypoints will be  loaded in the mapwindow.

For adding extra coloums, you have to save the GPX as a Shapefile.

 

RightClick on the file in Layers

Change CRS

 

 

RightClick on the waypoint-layer and remove

 

Add Vectorlayer

 

 

Open Attribut table

Toggel Editing Mode (Ctrl E)

New Column (Ctrl  W)

 

 

Regards

Lene Fischer

Ass. Professor

 

Danish Center for Forest, Landscape and Planning

University of Copenhagen

Nødebovej 77A

DK- 3480 Fredensborg
Phone: 0045 40115084

Mail: LFI at LIFE.KU.DK
Skype: lene.fischer.dk



>>> "Des Callaghan" <des.callaghan at ecostudy.co.uk> 22-04-2012 12:22 >>>

Hello Forum,

 

I’ve just began to use QGIS, which looks like a wonderful piece of software. I wonder if anyone can help me with a query. I have a hand-held Garmin GPSMAP 62s GPS with which I collect waypoints while out in the field, stored in a *.gpx file. Within QGIS I wish to:

 

Import the gpx file and have the waypoints plotted as points within the BNG projection (EPSG:27700), each labelled according to their individual ‘wpt’ tag held within the gpx file.

Create a new column within the table created from the gpx file and populate this with the OS Grid Reference for each waypoint (e.g. SD4568798345). 

Add a Google Earth layer as background

 

Any help with achieving this would be very much appreciated. Many thanks in advance.

 

Best wishes,

Des

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