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How to use our GPS data
Our downloadable waypoints are gathered and compiled in such
a manner that it can be useful to trekkers and travellers
whether they own GPS receivers or not.
For those who own and use GPS receivers.
Trekkers or travellers who have GPS receivers can download
GPS data files (waypoints and track segments) from this website
and then upload the data to their receivers and immediately
use the waypoints and tracks on a trek or trip. Following
are the steps:
- First, you will need a waypoints editor software on your
PC. The GPS data on this website is now downloadable
in GPX format. This means that most commercial and free
waypoints editors will be able to read the downloaded data.
If you have a Garmin GPS receiver, it would have been packaged
with Mapsource (tm) program and you can use Mapsource to
open the downloaded data. If you are a new user and looking
for a waypoint editor, you can try the popular GPS Trackmaker
which is downloadable from www.gpstm.com or GPS Utility
which is downloadable from www.gpsu.co.uk.
- Select a waypoints file either from our Downloads page
or from any of the download links available on the Vicinity
Information and Route to Destination pages and download
it to your PC.
- Run your waypoints editor and use it to open the waypoints
file that you downloaded.
- You will now be able to see the data you downloaded neatly
plotted bythe waypoint editor.
- Connect your GPS to your PC using your GPS's PC data cable,
turn on your GPS then upload waypoints/tracks/routes to
your GPS using the menus of your waypoint editor. Your
GPS receiver will then have the waypoints data stored in
its memory and ready to be used on a trip. NOTE:
Before uploading from your computer to the GPS, you should
backup any user data you have stored in your GPS as it may
be deleted when the new data is transferred.
- When on a trip, proceed to an "known" point
or area on the "map" shown on your waypoints editor.
This could be the startpoint of the route to the destination
if you downloaded Route to Destination data, or a known
waypoint if you downloaded a Vicinity Map data. When you
get near the "known" point, turn on your GPS and
set it to display the map page. Your GPS receiver should
then start showing the waypoints and tracks that you downloaded
and your relative position to the waypoints and tracks.
All you need to do to be able to go to a destination is
to make sure your current position is always on or very
near the track points on the GPS display as you travel.
For those who do not have GPS receivers.
Trekkers or travellers who do not have GPS receivers can
still find our waypoint files very useful. You can download
the waypoint files and view the GPS tracks on your PC by using
an appropriate waypoints editor software. Here are
the steps:
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