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8/9/2010 3:46 PM
 

The Gps Visualizer page Walter pointed us to works GREAT! You can select multiple legs to be processed at the same time (batch process) and they are stitched together with different colors. I have my whole trip to and from Oshkosh now overlayed on Google Earth. Very very cool. I like this a lot. On big trips I may even print out the path and include it in my log book. Thanks for the tip, Walter. Here is a sample (notice few places where I didn't have unit turned on):

Walter Boyd wrote:

This takes a few steps, but could be done. The NMEA logs for your flights are stored on the SD card, so you need to know how to read one of those to do this. Just eject the card & put it in your reader. The logs are stored in the \User\Logs folder. The filename is a date/time stamp from when the iFly was turned on, formatted [year][month][day][hour][minute]. If your software understands NMEA formatted data - you're done, just import the file. Google Earth however does not, so you must first convert it. This is a nifty website that will do just that: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map?outp.... After the file is converted to kml format, you can load it in Google Earth.

-Walter

 
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11/1/2010 7:35 AM
 

GPS Visualizer wants header information. It worked the last time I tried without modifying anything. What has changed?

Since you say it is nmea data, I tried changing to 20101030133437.nme and 20101030133437.nmea. Neither worked.

My first lines of data from log file:

$GPRMC,133437,A,3036.3121,N,09734.1463,W,085.5,168.2,301010,0,E*73
$GPGGA,133437,A,3036.3121,N,09734.1463,W,1,4,10,,*19

According to the http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm#RMC, this appears correct. It should be recognized as nmea. I have questioned the http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/map_input?form=googleearth site via the link let me know.

GPS Visualizer

No valid GPS data detected!

If you think you really did upload a valid GPS file, please let me know and I'll look into it.

Often, this error comes up because you didn't include a header row at the beginning of your tab-delimited or CSV plain text data. If there's no header row, the computer has no way of knowing which numbers are which! For example, GPS Visualizer has no idea what this means:

45.40252,-121.77589,1399,point 1
45.39254,-121.69946,2394,point 2

Whereas the following makes perfect sense, because there's a header row that defines the fields:

latitude,longitude,elevation,name
45.40252,-121.77589,1399,point 1
45.39254,-121.69946,2394,point 2

Note that the order of the fields is irrelevant, as long as the header matches what's underneath it.

It's also possible that you simply have the wrong suffix on your file(s). For instance, files containing comma-separated data should always end in ".csv"; GPX files should end in ".gpx".

Here's the (almost) complete list of filename endings that GPS Visualizer recognizes:


Mooney M20E
 
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11/1/2010 11:50 AM
 

I e-mailed GPS Visualizer. He looked at the *.log file and found the problem. He put a workaround in GPS Visualizer, but suggested a fix from Adventure Pilot's side as the extra information that is causing the problem is now just ignored during the conversion. I copied Walter on my e-mails with him.


Mooney M20E
 
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11/1/2010 10:07 PM
 

Mark, I've added this to our bug list, will get it addressed in our next release. Sorry for the trouble.

Thanks,
Walter


Walter Boyd
President, Adventure Pilot
 
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11/2/2010 4:53 PM
 

No trouble for me. I got it to work and hopefully added some value with the query. I am one of those who would like to see altitude when I convert to google earth. However, it is not on the top of my list. When crowing the iFly to others, this is something that has been mentioned by those who have yet to purchase.


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