[Az-Geocaching] Displaying waypoints on Delorme Street Atlas2006for PalmOS

[Michael Dumroese]

Thanks Loran, I just followed your directions, and it worked.  Just gonna have to toy with it a little to change the color the little diamonds show up in, but that for another time.  Now I am all ready for my caching tomorrow.  

*Warning, a delusion follows*

Hmmmm, next step a BlueTooth GPS for my Palm, and I will be down to no paper and only one piece of equipment that I would need to carry.

..just kidding, tho it would be nice.


Mike

aka myke85268

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Loran Wilcox<mailto:loranwilcox at chartermi.net> 
  To: listserv at azgeocaching.com<mailto:listserv at azgeocaching.com> 
  Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Displaying waypoints on Delorme Street Atlas2006for PalmOS


  It does work but it is very complex.

  I originaly got it to work with Topo USA 4.0 and above but here is the sequence.

  1) On the palm memory there is a file XMapWptsDB. If it exists you will need to delete it.
  2) Next you need to restart SA2006HH which will create a new empty XMapWptsDB file.
  3) In the Directory C:\DeLorme Docs\Mobile Maps\Wpts Transfer you will need the file XMapHHWptsSend.txt which has the following format

  BEGIN SYMBOL
  43.7711800337,-85.8825199604, 'Jeep'ers Letterbox Cache
  43.6073299646,-84.7953300476, "A nice basted turkey..."
  END

  4) I use gpsbabel to create this file for me using the following lines

  gpsbabel -i gpx,gsshortnames -f AZ.gpx -o csv -F TOPO-AZ.txt
  gpsbabel -i csv -f TOPO-AZ.txt -o xmap -F X-AX.txt

  The first line generates a file I use with TOPO USA
  The second line modifies it for the HandHeld

  5) Then I use the following lines to rename it and copy it to the right directory.

  del "C:\DeLorme Docs\Mobile Maps\Wpts Transfer\XMapHHWptsSend.txt"
  copy X-AZ.txt "C:\DeLorme Docs\Mobile Maps\Wpts Transfer\XMapHHWptsSend.txt"

  6) A hotsync will then load it to the palm.

  Keep the number of waypoint under 500 or it messes up the tracking if you are using a GPS with the Palm.

  Loran
  Team Sand Dollar
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Michael Dumroese<mailto:mykel_d at msn.com> 
    To: listserv<mailto:listserv at azgeocaching.com> 
    Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:27 PM
    Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Displaying waypoints on Delorme Street Atlas 2006for PalmOS


    Anyone know if there is a way to get waypoint info (coordinates, waypoint name) from a GPX file to display on Delorme Street Atlas 2006 for PalmOS.  I just got the program so I wouldn't have to carry maps around for all the little side streets (trying to go completely paperless).

    Thanks

    Mike

    aka myke85268


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