[BaseCamp] from Excel xls to BaseCamp waypoint gpx

[saddle sore]

Maura

I have City location info already filling the Notes portion of the BC
waypoint.  I've been playng with column names in the Excel file prior to
running GPSV, as well as shifting what is in the Excel columns so that GPSV
sees the info at different times in the conversion process.  I was hoping
to match the Excel columns with the BC columns, but haven't figured that
out yet.  The ordering of the columns in Excel does not seem to make
much/any difference in the way it comes out in BaseCamp.  Thus, I haven't
been able to get the columns aligned (yet).

BTW, when sorting waypoints in BC for an entire List of waypoints, why are
the columns not the same as when opening BC waypoint properties box for a
single waypoint?  For a List, there is a column for Notes right after the
column for waypoint name, but for an individual waypoint properties box the
Notes is a tab rather than a line item category.  Not a big issue, just
noticed it.

Joe



On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 7:38 PM, -=maura=- <moteramaura at gmail.com> wrote:

> Put the state in the NOTES column. Put the state alone, or first, before
> any other info.
> You must match the columns in BaseCamp and Excel- BC has limited and
> specific columns, you must have those columns in excel for GPSV  convert
>
> Give this a try,
> I have not done it and am unable to test at the moment.
>
> Maura
>
>
>  On 22/03/2015 4:23 PM, saddle sore wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm getting ready for 2015 Tour of Honor.  I want to make a gpx file of
>> the
>> 2015 info when it is all posted on April 1st, so I'm practicing with the
>> 2014 data.  I did a lot of cutting and pasting from the 2014 map to make
>> an
>> Excel spreadsheet containing columns of:  memorial name, city, state, lat,
>> long.
>>
>> I initiated GPSVisualizer for the conversion from xls to gpx.  I read
>> through the tutorial at
>> http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/tutorials/waypoints.html and figured out
>> some
>> of the column names MUST be specific names.  Then I used the conversion
>> box
>> on http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input?convert_format=gpx to have
>> GPSVisualizer create a gpx file that I could download and then open in
>> BaseCamp.
>>
>> I want to be able to be in BaseCamp and sort the waypoints by state.  I
>> have one Excel column for State, and BaseCamp waypoint properties box has
>> a
>> place for State, but when converting to gpx from xls using GPSVisualizer,
>> that State information is not coming over.  All I get from GPSVisualizer
>> is
>> name, desc, lat, and long.
>>
>> Does anyone have any hints on how I get the State information to be
>> converted from the Excel file to the BaseCamp waypoint properties box?
>>  (I
>> realize that after the BaseCamp waypoints are created that I can highlight
>> certain waypoints and give them all the same State abbreviations manually.
>> But since I already have this in the Excel file along with the lat, long
>> and name, I'm thinking that the conversion process should include the
>> State
>> info, not just name, lat and long.  The GPSVisualizer conversion process
>> places the City info into the BaseCamp waypoints' Notes properties line
>> since I have the Excel column header as Desc.  Why can't I pick up the
>> State from Excel and have that show up in the BaseCamp waypoint
>> properties?
>> )  Any ideas?  Any better ways than using GPSVisualizer?
>>
>> Thanks, Joe Y
>> western PA
>>
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