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Google Earth - A GPS Waypoint Manager
Google Earth (OS X version) may not yet be upgradeable to versions that can interact with GPS devices, but it can import and export folders of locations, in two formats. One of these, ".kml", is XML, easily munged into other formats used by existing software that interfaces with GPS units.
Google Earth - A GPS Waypoint Manager
Aha! GPSBabel not only understands .kml files, but will talk directly to my serial-to-usb converter and Garmin GPS device. I've recovered my old waypoints, they all show up in Google Earth where I can edit them and save as a new .kml file.
GPSBabel is a command-line tool (there is apparently a GUI somewhere, but I couldn't find it). I used gpsbabel -i garmin -f /dev/cu.KeySerial1 -o kml -F Waypoints.kml
It will be easy to wrap such lines in tiny AppleScript applications, to get one-click uploads to the Garmin after saving from Google Earth to a canonical location.
Google Earth - A GPS Waypoint Manager
I have a working solution; I'll wait until it's more stable to post it. Basically, the .kml format as written by Google Earth is too whacky for GPSBabel to decode successfully, even though this format is ostensibly supported. However, it's a pretty easy Perl script to strip out the essential information and write a barebones .gpx file, which many programs including GPSBabel can transfer to devices such as a Garmin. |
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