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Expertgps does not open9/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Questions to ask before feeding data into any GIS program So far this is the fastest and most effective way to get a vector map from a spreadsheet in an open source GIS program. ![]() Among its many functions, can return a shapefile to be used directly in a GIS software without dropping all the attributes. : generate DMS geographical coordinates from address, can process 500 addresses each time and return a KML file to use with GoogleEarth.ĮxpertGPS™ : not free but a trial of 30 days is available, which is more than enough for this step. Other free tools that can expedite data preparation: QGIS = Quantum Graphical Information System Other than free QGIS offers the most similar interface to ArcGIS: a 3 in 1 console with display, working directory and menu of commands. We'll just have to see how more developed it can become in the future. Its interface is similar to a programming interface e.g. With a very short history it is not yet sophisticated enough even though it is more flexible with file size than GRASS. It is also free, easy to install and has been released up to version 2.1. SAGA = a System for an Automated Geographical Analysis is developed by a group of German scientists in the early 1990s. These disadvantages are limited when GRASS is coupled with QGIS. Being very similar to the commercial product, GRASS is very specific with the projection of the input file and the path to the target input file, among others. Being the leading substitute for ArcGIS, however, GRASS does not handle vector files of size close to 1 GB very well nor data table of size larger than 4 MB and does not have a function to calculate area (which is surprising). The most updated version is 6.4 and quite friendly to install. GRASS = Geographic Resource Analysis Support System is considered the leading open source substitute for GIS. 5 How to load a shapefile into GRASS/ QGISĪn overview of available GIS softwares.3 Questions to ask before feeding data into any GIS program.1 An overview of available GIS softwares.csv file) in the S22° 23.372’ E113° 15.559' format onto both the HDS8Gen1 and HDS12gen2, I would be very much appreciated Or, maybe much better still (and would hopefully solve ALL the issues- if anyone could recommend to me a process that can get the spots from an excel document (either. The more I play with them, I think I must have stuffed something up in the conversion of them, but the fact that both units have different issues with the file seems strange. usr file to the HDS12mGen2, it allows me to import the marks and they show in the waypoint list, but the details are blank (coodinates etc just listed as 00.000.000 etc- see the 2nd pic belowion 4 versions of the file to put them onto both GPSs thinking that might be the issue, but its not working with either Am I missing a simple step? Or is the CSV-.USR conversion through ExpertGPS the issue? Or perhaps the coordinates format Im using is wrong (even through it seems to successfully convert them to USR?)Ģ)When I try to import the spots (using the. So it seems like it has been done.īut, when I go to my waypoints list, none of the marks show up in the list. usr file then shows in the “my files” section- see first pic below). usr file on a SD card and tried to load it into the HDS8m Gen1 through the usual means (utilities > files >. usr file (the type the HDS like apparently). ![]() I then have used the trial version Expertgps to convert this to a. I converted it to the following format (S24° 44.372' E113° 12.539' ) and saved in CSV format. ![]() Any help would be greatly appreciated…ġ) HDS8M Gen 1ssues: We have an excel document with a fair few spots on it. Ive spend a lot of hours trying to figure this out, and assume Im going wrong somewhere along the way, but cant work out where- am experiencing different issues with both models on the HDS. Am having some issues putting some waypoints into a both a HDS8m Gen 1 and HDs12m Gen2 touch plotters. ![]()
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