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Importing Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data in Google World Desktop

Tutorial Contents

Prerequisites
Let'southward Become Started!
Import GPS data from your handheld GPS device

Tips

Import GPS information from a file
View and save your GPS data
Discussion and Feedback
What'south Next

Prerequisites

Absolutely no programming skills needed!
In April 2017, Google Earth on Web was released, which puts Earth on the browser. Notwithstanding, for this tutorial, you will demand Earth Pro for Desktop installed on your computer. Download the latest version here. (It'due south free!)

Let's Get Started!

Open Google Earth.
If you have data stored on your Garmin or Magellan handheld GPS device, connect your device to your computer using your USB or Serial port connector, and plow on the device. This will be the data you lot utilize for the adjacent department.
You will also desire some GPS data with which to experiment after in the tutorial. Download the sample dataset past right-clicking and saving the file GPS_track_Save-the-Elephants.gpx to your reckoner. These information accept been shared past Save the Elephants, and are for use for this tutorial.

Import GPS information from your handheld GPS device

Make certain that your Garmin or Magellan handheld GPS device is connected to your estimator using your USB or Serial port connector, and that your GPS device is turned on.

Note: If you are using a USB connexion, you may need to first install a driver for your GPS device. Drivers tin can exist found on the CD that came with your device, or downloaded from the device manufacturer's web site.
Go to the Tools menu and select GPS.
In the GPS Import window, become to the Import tab and choose your device: Garmin or Magellan.
Check the boxes if you lot want to import Waypoints, Tracks, and/or Routes.
Click Import. Your information will exist downloaded from your device direct into Google Globe, where you can view and save it as described below.
For this tutorial you lot can import and apply the GPS_track_Save-the-Elephants.gpx file you downloaded earlier. Assist with importing GPS information from a file can be found below.
Information imported from a GPS handheld device tin be animated because it has time stamps (engagement and fourth dimension) of when it was collected by the GPS device. Simply select the GPS information in the Places console, and click Play on the Fourth dimension Controls.
Save your GPS data to a KML file by right-clicking on your GPS data folder in the Places console, and selecting Relieve Place As... or select the GPS device data in the Places console, become to the File menu, and select Relieve Place As...

Tips

Yous tin can also get data from your GPS device in real time . For example, if yous go out in the field with your laptop, y'all can view your current location live on Google Earth. From the GPS Import dialog box, select the _ Existent Time_ tab to see options for viewing live information. You'll need to make certain that your GPS device is continued and streaming data using ane of the supported protocols (NMEA is the most common).
Before you disconnect your laptop from the net and go out in the field, be certain to employ Google Earth to fly to and view the places you'll be visiting and then that the relevant imagery is saved in the cache on your hard drive.

Import GPS data from a file

If you have GPS data stored in a GPX or other type of file, you lot tin can open up it in Google Earth. Also, if you have a GPS device for which Google Earth does non back up direct connections, merely which can export data to a file, you can still view your GPS data in Google World. Read the instructions that came with your GPS device for exporting data from your device to a file on your calculator. You can also use third-political party software like GPS Babel to download the GPX file to your computer.

If you exercise not have your own file to use (supported file formats are .gpx, .loc, and .mps), you lot can download and use this sample file provided by Save the Elephants, by correct-clicking and saving the file GPS_track_Save-the-Elephants.gpx
Go to the File card, select Open...
In the Open up window, change the filetype to the GPS file types by using the Files of blazon list and selecting Gps (.gpx, .loc, *.mps).
Navigate to the appropriate location on your computer and select the GPS file.
Click the Open push button to begin the import procedure.
In the GPS Data Import dialog box that appears, choose to Create KML Tracks. Also, choose to Create KML LineStrings, and to Adjust altitudes to footing summit.
Click OK. The file is imported and can be viewed and saved as KML in Google Earth as described below.
Once you've loaded your GPS data into Google Earth, y'all can edit the waypoint placemarks and rails paths, and add more data about the waypoints and tracks in the balloons.

View and save your GPS data

In one case y'all have loaded your GPS data into Google Earth, you can edit the waypoint placemarks and track paths, and add more information about the waypoints and tracks in the balloons. To edit a feature in Google Earth, right-click on the characteristic in the 3D viewer or the Places panel, and choose Properties (on a PC) or Get Info (on a Mac).
Data imported from a GPS handheld device tin be animated because it has time stamps (date and time) of when it was collected by the GPS device. Only select (highlight) the folder of GPS data in the Places panel, and click Play on the Fourth dimension Controls.
To save your GPS data to a KML file on your difficult drive, correct-click (Ctrl-click on a Mac) on your GPS data binder in the Places console, and select Save Place As.

The epitome beneath shows a final product of Relieve the Elephants' GPS track of an elephant they monitor.