Need help viewing GPX files

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Is there is good free download site for a viewer for .GPX files from my new
Garmin GPSmap 62st? I'm running Windows XP Pro. I haven't found a viewer,
and can't find the software in the unit itself.

Thanks -- Mitch
 
Is there is good free download site for a viewer for .GPX files from my new
Garmin GPSmap 62st? I'm running Windows XP Pro. I haven't found a viewer,
and can't find the software in the unit itself.

Thanks -- Mitch

Most mapping software will read GPX files and plot the data on the
map, and if you want to see the data itself just use a text editor
(notepad works). Google Earth can also read gpx.
 
Is there is good free download site for a viewer for .GPX files from my new
Garmin GPSmap 62st? I'm running Windows XP Pro. I haven't found a viewer,
and can't find the software in the unit itself.

You could use Garmin Mapsource.
See instructions here for how to download and install it without a CD:
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...mapsource-from-garmin-and-install-without-cd/

Though note this doesn't include any maps, and its not very useful
without them. You can download free OpenStreetMap based maps, that
include an installer for Mapsource from this website:
http://garmin.na1400.info/routable.php

Or other options here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Map_On_Garmin/Download
 
The WoodMitch Shop said:
Is there is good free download site for a viewer for .GPX files from my new
Garmin GPSmap 62st? I'm running Windows XP Pro. I haven't found a viewer,
and can't find the software in the unit itself.

Different connotations to the word "view".
A GPX file is XML text, so you could examine the contents with, say,
Notepad on a Windows PC.
Or Firefox.

G7toWin formats the file nicely, and saves in formats that can be
manipulated by spreadsheet programs, so that's pretty handy.
http://www.gpsinformation.org/ronh/g7towin.htm

http://www.easygps.com/ is a free GUI tool. No maps, but it does draw
your data on a blank sheet as well as a tabular text.

Earth.Google.Com will display your gpx file overlaid on an aerial
view. Google Earth includes GPSBabel, a command line conversion tool that
is quite utilitarian, with options to convert files of different formats as
well as writing and reading to and from a GPS unit.

You can upload it to maps.google.com, and share it under "my maps"
for others to view. (the upload box doesn't mention GPX, but it works.)
 

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