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Importing Magellan GPS data into Autocad

I use Autocad to map out well locations for our groundwater sampling business and would like to use the Magellan Explorist 400 GPS I received as a gift to expedite the mapping. While onsite, it will replace the need for surveying the locations but I'm not sure how to bring the location information (which I saved as POI's) to Autocad. The Explorist saves the data to *.upt files, which can then be converted to *.wpt files for use in their Mapsend software. This is how the data for 3 wells appears in the .upt file:

$PMGNWPL,4150.039,N,09011.573,W,0000183,M,POI001,0.0,a*07 $PMGNWPL,4150.041,N,09011.574,W,0000190,M,002,,a*76 $PMGNWPL,4150.044,N,09011.572,W,0000190,M,003,,a*74

Is there a way to automate importing each point into ACAD?

Any info on this is very appreciated, thanks.

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circleb
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Unable to compete selling crippleware Autodesk has announced they are now providing their mapping software as open-source [1]. That implies there will be software developers interested in working with the product.

I use Autocad to map out well locations for our groundwater sampling

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clintonG

A poster in alt.satellite.gps.magellan tells me there is a 3rd party program called GPS Utility

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which looks promising as it will convert the data to *.dxf files. But in my quick search I didn't see any other software for this, hopefully your news clip is correct and more will be forthcoming.

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circleb

What is you CAD app of choice? Obviously, it isn't Acad.

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S. Scalise

What you have there appears to be degrees, minutes, decimals of lat & Long, and meters of height, probably wgs84 or whatever else you might have specified as a co-ordinate system.

Is there an option with the unit to output UTM co-ords, or will you have to convert the co-ords after outputting the wpt file?

I'm not an acad expert, but you might find it easier to import the file into Terramodel, then export the project as a dxf or dwg for working in acad if you cannot complete what you want to do in Tm.

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Happy Trails

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