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.
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
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.)
