![]() It's fast and easy once you get the hang of it. Probably the 2nd time you try this, you'll realize you don't need to have a lotta windows open at once, that you can copy-paste to a folder icon (for example), and that you can even "unzip" directly to a desired folder. Now they're listed in the Garmin/GPX folder. The current version is free to download and use. updates the gpx file any time you make changes or press Apply on the icon editor. Of course if you're working with an unzipped file (such as GPX), skip the part about unzipping it. GPS Track Editor is an application for Windows to view and edit GPS tracks. The map can be dragged to get the edit window beside the help window. I left-clicked and dragged them into the open Garmin/GPX folder. More importantly, GPX Viewer greatly simplifies the process of creating simple and advanced maps, and you only need a text editor and a working knowledge of. I opened that folder and saw the Pocket Query's two unzipped GPX files in it. Now there's a new folder in Downloads, the extracted "3351990_FayNear (6).zip" GPX files. A new window pops up, and I left click "Extract All". I right-click it and it's highlighted blue. It's the Pocket Query I named "FayNear" (computer name "3351990_FayNear (6).zip"), and it downloaded as a Zip file. I see my previously downloaded Pocket Query in Downloads. All GPX files go into this GPX subfolder. The other is my Garmin Oregon which shows up here as drive "Garmin G:", as an example. One is Downloads where my Pocket Queries go. 6 (+1) free software to edit your GPS tracks. Here I've opened two folders in the File Manager. If anyone has a great plan, make your own thread about it. Of course there are many ways to do this. You may need to first set your GPS to something like "Mass Storage". This tends to work fine on newer Garmin GPSs that connect by USB and show up as a drive. I've tested these instructions on Garmin Oregon. Windows can unzip files without any special software. If software that you don't use gets in the way, remove it. If you've installed a lotta weird utilities over the years, those utilities might capture your "Zip" files or your "GPX" files, adding complications. This means that GPX files are cross platform, much like JPG image files can be created, viewed, or edited using many different operating systems, browsers, and image editing tools. ![]() This is about how to save Pocket Queries. The GPX file format has become ubiquitous it is supported by all modern automotive GPS receivers, Garmin and TomTom in particular. If you don't know how to unzip or move files in Windows, you may need to go learn that. These steps highlight only the basic points. For example, if you saved a single GPX file, read on to get the general idea of how to put it on your GPS. You can use a very similar technique to the following, to place any GPX files. If you don't know how to work Pocket Queries, see this. If you've run and downloaded a Pocket Query, you're ready to manually put it into your Windows PC-connected Garmin GPS. ![]()
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