[GeoStL] Re: GCxxxx waypoints into MS Streets & Trips

I got annoyed at being burned by the geobuddy errors about "unknown tag:9"
it generates on any .loc file that has been previously touched by easygps.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce S" <bruces1321@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:02 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GCxxxx waypoints into MS Streets & Trips


> The other way get the file into a format readable by MS Streets & Trips is
> to use Geobuddy.  This program will merge multiple loc files and then you
> can save as Streets and Trips CSV.  This csv file can then be imported to
MS
> S & T.  Geobuddy can be downloaded from http://www.geobuddy.com.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "John Kinder" <jkinder@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [GeoStL] GCxxxx waypoints into MS Streets & Trips
> >Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:16:35 -0600
> >
> >If you own Microsoft Streets & Trips this should be of interest. Even if
> >you don't, the Excel file of all the nearby caches might be useful.
> >
> >Attached is a .zip file that contains a MS Streets & Trips 2002 map file
> >that has labeled pushpins (with GCxxxx waypoints, cache names, and
> >coordinates) for all 374 active geocaches within 100 miles (of my place
in
> >St. Charles). If you have S&T you can load it and have all of them mapped
> >out for you. You can then plot routes and driving directions, etc. Also
> >included is a .xls file with the source data I used to import into
Streets
> >& Trips via Data + Import Data Wizard.
> >
> >In case your wondering here's what I did:
> >a) downloaded waypoints from geocahcing.com using easyspeak into easygps
> >(25 at a time)
> >b) dragged & dropped each of the easygps files into 1 merged file
> >c) saved the easygps file as a .GPX (instead of default .LOC). - I
noticed
> >.GPX was actually a .XML file
> >d) ran a utility I hacked together to create a tab delimited .txt file
from
> >filtered .GPX data
> >e) imported the .txt into .xls using Excel
> >f) Imported the .xls into Streets & Trips as pushpins.
> >
> >John (dj&r)
> >
> >
> ><< waypointswithin100miles20021029.zip >>
>
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