Caves on your TomTom

[rich]

Well over a year ago user Robdeans86 made a file available with GPS info for caves for Tom Tom sat nav systems (original post: http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php/topic,5750.0.html). I've found it very handy being able to navigate to caves using my satnav (especially with my sense of direction  :-[) but the file was only available via RapidShare. I've made a few improvements (e.g. correcting spelling mistakes) and made it available on my website here: http://hwyl.org/index.php?page=caving/satnav.

I'm also planning to expand this file with more cave locations. (I've tried to contact Robdeans86 about this but he seems to have lost interest in ukcaving. If anyone knows who he is, it would be nice to check he doesn't mind me taking on the project he started.)

 

[hippie nixon]

dunno if a thing called MM (memory map) will be any good for this.

its simply OS maps road atlass maps all on your lap top.
we use it for green laneing as you can plot routes mark tracks add marks ect

walkers also use this as u plott a route on you pc then transfer to a pda ect


so you could mark all caves on it and add infomation and links, then its easy to share with each other.

http://www.memory-map.co.uk/

 

[hippie nixon]

since getting it ive found loads of uses for it
green laneing
hiking
marked all the pick ups & race points for the pigeon raceing
camp sites its really really use full

 

[SLP]

http://www.peakdistrictcaving.info/peak_district_cave_information.htm
.kmz for Google Earth
.gdb for Garmin GPS
.gpx for Memory Map
Peak District only at the mo' but Dales file will soon be available.

 

[SamT]

Mendip here...

http://www.mcra.org.uk/registry/browse.php

view all results on map - then download .kml file for google earth.

 

[hippie nixon]

tried the MM one and it wont work just comes up with loadsof HTML codes  :-\

 

[SLP]

Odd....

Just try saving it "as" .gpx and then import it into MM. That should work.....

 

[hippie nixon]

its when i click on the link it takes me straight 2 a page full of codes ill keep trying

 

[langcliffe]

tried the MM one and it wont work just comes up with loadsof HTML codes

It's actually XML code.

Instead of simply clicking on the link, right click on it instead. If you're in Firefox select 'Save link as' and if you're in IE select 'Save target as...'. That will allow you to download the file.

 

[hippie nixon]

tried that just comes up with web page of the codes sill.

it will be me doing somethink wrong i guess lol

 

[hippie nixon]

still had no luck

is they not away to add a MMO file posts on here ?

 

[SLP]

Eyup,

http://www.peakdistrictcaving.info/peak_district_caves.gpx

If you end up with a load of code all over your screen copy it all, paste it all into Windows Notepad, then "save as", choose a directory to save it in, change the file type at the bottom to "All Files (*.*)" then name the file like something "peak.gpx", then close Notepad.

Open Memory-Map, go to "Overlay", select "Import...", change the "Files of type:" to "GPS eXchange files (*.gpx, *.xml), then find the file you saved, highlight it and click "open"

All being well you'll end up with a load of blue dots all over the Peak District.

PS: If you can't be bothered with all that hang fire and I'll post a .mmo Memory-Map file as well.... in a bit...

 

[SLP]

There's a .mmo Memory-Map file there now as well. If might not like opening directly, if it doesn't just select "save" and save it somewhere.

http://www.peakdistrictcaving.info/peak_district_cave_information.htm

I'm a caver, not a computerist which is probably why nothing works properly.

TTFN
Z-Victor-4 out.

 

[hippie nixon]

spot on that cheers