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Ollie_GBR
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:36 am    Post subject: Zumo & Google Earth Reply with quote

I understand you can upload your track log to Google Earth on the Zumo, can someone please explain how?

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, some easy searching found this;

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=50693&highlight=zumo+google
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Welcome

If you have Mapsource, the newer versions have a menu option: View -- View in Google Earth which imports waypoints and tracks straight into Google Earth.

Can't work out how to make it fly though? Any pointers?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes! after opening in Google Earth, look at the left hand side of the screen for 'Temporary Places', expand this until you find an icon with 'three connected spheres', select this and click the 'play' icon below.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tried this but any route I import it just joins the waypoints with straight lines is there anyway to make it recalculate the route?? or do I just need to recreate the route and let it do it that way.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

desd wrote:
Tried this but any route I import it just joins the waypoints with straight lines is there anyway to make it recalculate the route?? or do I just need to recreate the route and let it do it that way.


The waypoints you see are the turn points. In between them you follow the flow of the road. Google Earth will just show these as straight lines between each turn...

I can't really think of any way around this - you could add a load of extra waypoints along the route. Tracklogs display OK because there are loads of points in them...
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I realise this I just hoped there was an option like with Mapsource to recalculate route
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know what version of Mapsource you're using but with mine it follows the route faithfully.

I'm using Mapsource 6.13.4 and Google Earth 4.2.0205
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm using mapsource 6.11.5 as that's what came with my Zumo.
I have the same version of Google earth so I'm not sure what difference the newer version of mapsource does unless it actually tells Google earth what the route planned was?
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

desd wrote:
I'm using mapsource 6.11.5 as that's what came with my Zumo.


Could well be the KML file produced by Mapsource having sufficient attributes to show the route in detail, that would require a more current version. You can either use the 'check for software updates' in the Help menu or to be bang up to date go here. Using the former method with my v 6.13.4 says no update available yet the one at the URL above is 6.13.7.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I did the auto update and now when I export a route it shows the route not just the waypoints ta fellas
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