ExpertGPS Tutorials
Here are several dozen step-by-step tutorials on using ExpertGPS, arranged by category below.
- Aerial Photos
- CAD and DXF
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Calculating Area
- Calculating the Area of a Farm Field
- Calculating the Coverage of a Central-Pivot Irrigator
- Drawing Polygons with Islands or Holes
- Drawing Land Use Maps and Modifiying Field Boundaries
- How to Calculate the Exact Area of any Field with ExpertGPS
- Finding the Center of a Property, and Averaging GPS Waypoints
- Cartography
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Converting Data Formats
- Converting GPS or GPX Data to SVG for Adobe Illustrator
- How can I convert a GPS tracklog to a point shapefile?
- How to Convert Garmin MapSource GDB Files to ESRI Shapefiles
- How to Convert Google Earth KML to Shapefile Format
- Mapping Public Hunting Areas using Free GIS data and ExpertGPS Pro
- Recommended Websites with GPS Trails in GPX Format
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Converting CSV
- How to import and map CSV or PENZD point data files
- Convert GPS Tracks into Excel Spreadsheets or CSV
- Converting CSV data to KML and SHP using Excel and ExpertGPS
- Converting marine chartplotter CSV data to GPX
- Converting XY Coordinates from New Mexico State Plane to Garmin GPS
- Determining the correct coordinate format for XY data
- How to transfer Excel fishing waypoints to a Lowrance GPS in USR format
- How do I map a list of addresses?
- How to import buoy coordinates from MS Excel
- How to output GPS waypoints to Excel in Name, X, Y format?
- How to transfer GPS data to and from an Excel spreadsheet
- Making a map of GPS data from Microsoft Excel
- Send sales territory addresses from Excel to your GPS
- Converting DXF
- Converting GPX
- Converting KML
- Converting SHP
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Coordinate Conversion
- How to add a new coordinate format or datum to ExpertGPS
- My GPS doesn't support State Plane Coordinates
- How can I view Section-Township-Range coordinates on a GPS map?
- How to convert coordinates between latitude/longitude and the State Plane Coordinate System
- Working with State Plane Coordinates Example: Louisiana Coordinate System of 1927
- Mapping Legal Land Descriptions in ExpertGPS
- Mapping Lowrance GPS fishing waypoints in Google Earth
- Mapping PLSS (TRS) coordinates in ExpertGPS Pro
- Mapping XY sampling data to real world GPS coordinates
- US National Grid (USNG) map overlays and grid lines
- Converting DMS coordinates to Degrees of Latitude and Longitude
- Mapping and converting GPS data in New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949 and NZGD 2000
- Aviation
- Farming
- Forestry
- Historical Maps and Genealogy
- Hunting
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Oil and Gas Exploration
- Fishing & Boating
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Garmin
- Using a USB to Serial adapter
- Backing up your GPS favorites
- How do I create a GPS waypoint for an address?
- How to get your business listed in GPS POI databases
- How to transfer waypoints and tracks to a new GPS
- My GPS truncates waypoint names and some are missing
- Waypoints missing after sending GIS shape files to my Garmin GPS
- What happened to the waypoints I just downloaded to my Garmin GPS
- Which GPS to buy as a gift for winter hiking?
- Geocaching
- Geocoding Addresses
- Geotagging Photos
- GIS
- Google Earth
- GPS Data Collection
- GPS Tracking
- GPS Uploading and Downloading
- Mapping Tips and Tricks
- Mapping Property
- Scanned Maps
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