[BaseCamp] no description converting over

[saddle sore]

OK, I think I got it.

I was messing with this error for over an hour before I sent that S.O.S.
email.  I was trying multiple variations on my theme but not getting my
desired results.  Frustrating.           Then I took a break for lunch.
Coming back refreshed, I noticed that on the convert page, GPS Visualizer
gives you the option to type in your data rather than just search for a
file -- and if you type in the data they have the name before the lat and
lon.  Hmmm.  So, I opened my xls file and moved my coded name column from
the "C" column in the xls to the "A" column.  Re-ran everything through
Visualizer and TA-DA, presto-change-o, I am now seeing the waypoint names
in the BaseCamp data box that are in the xls file.

Sorry for wasting your bandwidth.

Joe.



On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 11:55 AM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's been a while since I have converted an XLS file to a GPX file.  I
> used GPS Visualizer at the conversion page
> http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/convert_input?convert_format=
> gpx&force_type=w&units=us
>
> My XLS file has 3 columns -- lat, lon, description.
>
> Using GPS Visualizer I select the xls file, select my options, push
> Convert, click on the new URL address and the file is downloaded to my
> computer.
> I then go back into BaseCamp, select the List in My Collection, go to
> File, select Import, identify that downloaded file from GPS Visualizer,
> click open and immediately the waypoints appear on my map.
>
> However....
>
> in the BaseCamp data box at the bottom of the left column the description
> is not converting over like the lat and lon are. In that data box I see the
> flag icon followed by a name that is 3 numbers -- 001 through 050.  What I
> have in my xls file as description is a 'name' for the waypoint that is two
> letters and three numbers.  What I am seeing in the BaseCamp data box is
> merely a chronological numbering of the waypoints.
>
> What BaseCamp labels as waypoint 001 is the first waypoint in my xls file
> but I have it described as AB357 in the xls file.  What BaseCamp labels as
> waypoint 050 is my 50th waypoint but my label is three other numbers
> preceded by two letters.  Some how I'm getting a chronological numbering of
> the waypoints as they are converted and not the name that is in the xls
> file.
>
>
> Why is the description not converting too?  What do I needed to do to have
> the description from the xls file appear in the BaseCamp data box?  (I'm
> rather certain I have had names/descriptions convert over before).
>
>
> Thanks,   Joe Y
> western PA
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