ExpertGPS Tutorials

Here are several dozen step-by-step tutorials on using ExpertGPS, arranged by category below.

Aerial Photos
- Mapping over High-Resolution Aerial Photos with ExpertGPS Pro
CAD and DXF
- Exporting Parcel Outlines and Property Lines to AutoCAD DXF
- How to Import GPS Waypoints into AutoCAD
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
- How to Convert a GIS Infrastructure Network (Trails, Roads, Pipelines) to GPX for GPS Download
- Why Does ExpertGPS Connect the End of my Drawn Shape Back to the Beginning?
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
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
- Exporting parcel outlines to AutoCAD DXF
- How to import GPS waypoints into AutoCAD
Converting GPX
- Convert a GIS trail network to GPX for GPS download
Converting KML
- How do I convert KML and KMZ to shapefile format?
Converting SHP
- How to send cadastral property boundaries to your GPS
- Transfer ArcMap shapefiles to Garmin Oregon and back again
- Convert a GIS trail network to GPX for GPS download
- How to convert KMZ to SHP: a step-by-step tutorial
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
- Creating a low-cost aviation GPS
Farming
- How to make a ranch map with a Garmin GPS
- Mapping a hunting area on a farm using ExpertGPS and Google Earth
Forestry
- Timber Cruising: Building Waypoint Grids on a Map
Historical Maps and Genealogy
- Using ExpertGPS to review historical railroad mapping
- How can I compare historical topo maps with current maps?
Hunting
- Mapping a hunting area on a farm using ExpertGPS and Google Earth
- Mapping a 3000 acre deer camp with ExpertGPS
Oil and Gas Exploration
Fishing & Boating
- Downloading and exporting Lowrance GPS chartplotter depth and sounding data
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
- Geocaching Puzzle Caches: How to find the orthocenter of a triangle?
Geocoding Addresses
- Why can't I find this address on your map?
Geotagging Photos
- How do I write GPS info into the EXIF metadata of my JPEG digital photos?
GIS
- Displaying Orthophotos with World Files
- GPS mapping water pipelines and infrastructure
Google Earth
- Adding elevation to trails with ExpertGPS
- Mapping a hunting area on a farm using ExpertGPS and Google Earth
GPS Data Collection
- How to Copy ExpertGPS Maps to your Laptop
- Mapping and Updating Golf Course Designs in the Field with a Garmin GPS
- Viewing Maps without an Internet Connection
GPS Tracking
- Moving Map Software that works with a Bluetooth or USB GPS
- Tracking your real-time position on a moving map display
GPS Uploading and Downloading
- Updating and Editing GPS Waypoint Names
- How can I transfer waypoints to a Raymarine GPS?
Mapping Tips and Tricks
- Creating custom map symbols and markers with ExpertGPS
- Creating GPS hiking maps from a scanned trail map
- Video Tutorial: Moving a GPS point on the map
- 10 Time-Saving Mapping Shortcuts I Can't Live Without
Mapping Property
- How to Survey your Property Lines using a GPS Receiver
Scanned Maps
- Using GeoTIFF maps in ExpertGPS
- How can I compare historical topo maps with current maps?
- How do I use a Lambert Conformal Conic map in ExpertGPS?

Updated on 2021-01-06 by Dan Foster

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