Remote viewing saved waypoints

Mr. S

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I'm wondering, is there a way to view waypoints saved from my Lowrance on a sd card, on like google maps so I can see an over view of their position on the lake?


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DaytonBoatDock

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I kNow you can look at Humminbird through Humminbird PC on Google Earth, but I'm not sure about Lowrance.
 

Carl

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Yes, using gps babel you can go from lowrance to GE.

mporting and Exporting Lowrance waypoints using Google Earth

You view your Lowrance waypoints on Google Earth. Google Earth has satellite images of Earth that you can zoom in and see lakes and rivers. This is another way to view where you placed your waypoints on a different map than on your Lowrance GPS map.

Some images can show weed lines and shallow rocks. By placing waypoints on Google Earth can mark fishing spots for future use.

You will need the following tools to accomplish waypoint importing and exporting.

Google Earth (free download)
GPSBabel (free download) www.gpsbabel.org/
This program converts different companies’ waypoints to other companies’ waypoint formats.
You must be able to import and export waypoints from your Lowrance (always save as Version 2 for now)
HDS models http://www.hightechfishing.com/importexport.html
LCX/LMS models http://www.hightechfishing.com/advancedwaypoint.html

Google Earth labels waypoints as Placemarks.
The Places folder on the left side of Google Earth is where you access them.
Import Lowrance waypoints

Convert Lowrance file (.usr) to GPXXML in GPSBabel
Select Tools on the top toolbar of Google Earth, select GPS, import from file and OK
They will be loaded to the Temporary Places in the Places folder
Navigate Google Earth to view your waypoints

Create Placemarks

The top toolbar in Google Earth is where you select Placemark to create them. Select the Placemark tool, and use the pan cursor to click and drag the Placemark to anywhere on the map.

Export Placemarks

Right click on your Placemarks

Save Placemarks as .kml

In GPSBabel import as Google Earth (Keyhole) Markup Language

Export as Lowrance USR
 

Mr. S

New member
Thank you guys, very helpful information


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