[Qgis-user] How to get a point's coordinate for GPS?

[Maria Shinoto]

Thanks Raymond, 
great to have an answer already this evening. I will check it out tomorrow and give feedback, 
Maria

> Am 2019-01-25 um 20:16 schrieb Raymond Nijssen <r.nijssen at terglobo.nl>:
> 
> In qgis3 it should work like this:
> 
> On 25-01-19 11:49, Maria Shinoto wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have been watching YouTube and reading tutorials the whole afternoon, but I do not get this simple task done:
>> I have a map with several layers in EPSG:2444. Now I create another vector layer with points, which represents points that I have to go myself and check for several features. I will go there with my Garmin Etrex 10 GPS.
>> So, I would like to
>> - add the coordinates of the certain points into the attribute table to print out the table later.
>> - create a file with the coordinates in order to import it into the GPS device and walk along all points.
>> My question:
>> 1. How do I get readable (GPS) coordinates into the attribute table (automatically, with field calculator or so)?
> 
> You can use the field calculator on your attribute table with the following expressions:
> 
> lon
> x(transform( $geometry, 'EPSG:2444', 'EPSG:4326'))
> 
> lat
> y(transform( $geometry, 'EPSG:2444', 'EPSG:4326'))
> 
> 
>> 2. Can I export a GPX file or so from these coordinates to import into a Garmin device (if so, how?)
> 
> Right click your layer and export in GPX format. You might need to uncheck your lat and lon field to prevent getting an error.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
>> It seems so basic, but I do not succeed.
>> Best,
>> Maria
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