GPS trail in Google Earth

[hjns]

Hi all,

Just wanted to share this with you. I saw some questions how to determine the grade of a specific hill. As most people now are close to any GPS-enabled phone, I thought I would post how I visualize the GPS track.

Pre-requisites:

• GPS device that can log a track and output it as either an NMEA track or OziExplorer track. OziExplorer works for Windows Mobile and Android devices. The GPS-enabled CA-analogger logs GPS data as NMEA file.
• Google Earth installed on your computer
• Internet access

Methods:

• Export the GPS track file.
• If NMEA track, convert it to OziExplorer track using this converter.
• OziExplorer plt files can be converted directly to Google Earth paths.
• Thus convert OziExplorer track to Google Earth path (kml) using this converter.
• Open Google Earth. Within Google Earth, open the kml track. Right click on the opened path to edit the properties.
• Open the altitude graph in Google Earth.
• Move the mouse pointer along the track to the place where you want to know the inclination (in %) and you will see it.

Enjoy!

 

[drewjet]

Or get the trackmaster app for android. Here is one of my laps

http://www.mytrackmaster.com/#SessionPlace:ag1teXRyYWNrbWFzdGVychsLEgRVc2VyGKGYLAwLEgdTZXNzaW9uGKWECQw

 

[Hillhater]

Or just use "Map my Ride", or similar !

 

[crossbreak]

Since you live in Switzerland, you could also use http://www.naviki.org which also displays an elevation profile and knows almost any bicycle path 8)