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How to Store Meridian Routes and Waypoints to SD card
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Unsed Menu -> Card Utilities -> Save WP/Route
NOTE: The programs like GPS Utility or Expert GPS
will load them to the SD card directly and overwrite the current one in memory.
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How to convert from Garmin Waypoints and Routes to Magellan:
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Applications required:

Garmin Mapsource
ExpertGPS
GPS Balel
Magellan MapSend

1. In Garmin Mapsource select File->Export and save in MPS format
2. In ExpertGPS select File->Import and select MPS format to import the file just saved
Edit/reorganize the routes if desired and right clicking to create new routes create waypoints from routes, etc.
(now you can upload from here to the GPS, it seems to overwrite the first routes, so the later ones will remain,
however you may run out of waypoint memory.)
3. Save the file in the native GPX format
4. In GPS Babel open the GPX XML file and save it as Magellan Mapsend (use a wpt extension)
5. In Magellan Mapsend select Waypoints->Load From File...
( you will have the option to append or clear all waypoints, routes)

NOTE: The maximum number of waypoints per route can be increased to 50,
but forget about editing, Mapsend still only allows 30

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How to upload Garmin Routes to Magellan as Trackpoints
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1. Create file and load into ExpertGPS as above
2. Right Click on the route and select Send to GPS as Track


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How to download from Magellan to USPhotoMaps
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1. Select the GPS menu item desired.
e.g. GPS->Tracks->Receive

you can now edit the routes and tracks.

Note: Be advised that you cannot add segments.
This might be possible if you han edit the CSV file

To upload the edited tracks back or create a TRK file, see
"How to convert from USPhotoMap CSV track file to Magellan TRK track file"

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How to create Cue Sheet
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Use Garmin and under Edit->Preferences->Routing(TAB); select Use-AutoRouting for Route Style

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How to convert from Magellan track files to USPhotoMap
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1. Run GPSBabel
2. Select Magellan Mapsend as the input format
3. Select GPX XML as the output format
(do not include any '.' in the filename except the one before the gpx extension)
This way it will have the same name
4. In USAPhotoMaps select File->Import->Import GPX Tracks
5. After the message saying the csv file has been created, open it under GPS->Tracks->Display

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How to convert from USPhotoMap CSV track file to Magellan TRK track file
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NOTE: USA photo maps allows most precise manipulation for trails we need to edit here and then save
1. select GPS->Tracks->Send and then select the source CSV track file,
then a second save as box opens and select the name as a default csv file
2. this required the Magellan to be connected. An SD card file will be created
3. Import the file into GPS Babel and save as GPX
input:- Magelan SD files (as for Meridian)
output: GPX XML
4. Load the GPX file into ExpertGPS and then upload to Magellan
GPS->Send to GPS
Note: make sure connection is set correctly in the File->Preferences->My GPS Receivers(tab)
5. In MapSend, download file and save it.