For other GPS manufacturers, and for KML files created in Google Earth or by some other means on your local computer, I’ve posted before about a number of free ways to upload KML file data into a GPS unit: Exporting Data From Google Earth To A GPS Unit Using GPS Utility To Import/Ex...
Still, if you need to create a simple KML file from a shapefile quickly and easily, and for free, GPS TrackMaker does the job. Here’s plot of fault lines in Arizona (in red) from a line shapefile, which took just about a minute to create in GPS TrackMaker and open in Google Earth...
If you leave them the GPS sensors on, then the data will only be able to export as .kml file on the mobile app (which is useful if you want to open the data in Google Earth...in that case, you will want to keep the GPS sensors on prior to data collection)....
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The data can be imported from a GPS unit, imported from a file (*.gdb, *.gpx, *.mps or *.loc formats supported), or entered manually into the program using its editing tools. Once displayed in Google Earth, you can make a permanent KML file of the data by right-clicking on any ...