[BaseCamp] populating cells in the BC properties box

[Jerry White]

I would first validate that those values can exist in a gpx file. Export a
fully populated waypoint to gpx and open the file in a text editor.

Then validate that basecamp can import them. Import your gpx back into
basecamp and open it. See if that stuff survived the export/import process.
Note: unless you rename the waypoint to a unique value, or delete the
original one first, you’ll end up with a duplicate waypoint. BC will
probably automatically rename it to _1 or something.

So once you know for sure that basecamp can do what you want, now you have
to figure out how to create a gpx file from your spreadsheet. I guess
gpsvisualizer isn’t it. Gpsbabel maybe? Write your own in python or some
other language?

Sorry for the long answer. I don’t have a shorter one.

Jerry

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 5:22 PM saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a large XLS spreadsheet containing columns for Latitude, Longitude,
> Name, Street, City, etc..... pretty much matching what you'd see BaseCamp
> has as cells in the Properties tab when you click on a bonus site and open
> it.
>
> To convert XLS to GPX, I am using GPSVisualizer. When I complete the
> conversion, the only cells in the properties box in BaseCamp that contain
> data are the Name, Display and Position.  The conversion seems to leave the
> rest of the data behind.
>
> How can I get some of my other XLS info into the BC properties cells (like
> Street, Cit, State, Phone)?
>
> Thanks,  Joe Y in western PA
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