G7ToWin and other utilities

G7ToWin is the Swiss Army knife of the GPS world. This free utility program works with most all brands of popular GPS receivers. With this Windows program, you can

• Upload waypoints, routes, and tracks to your GPS receiver.
• Download waypoints, routes, and tracks to your computer.
• Edit waypoint, route, and track data in a spreadsheet-style window.
• Create waypoints, routes, and tracks.
• Save waypoints, routes, and tracks in different file types. (Remember that GPS receiver and software manufacturers all use a number of different file formats for waypoints, routes, and tracks.)
• Save the image that appears onscreen of many Garmin GPS receivers.

G7ToWin is a must for the serious GPS receiver user. Its author, Ron Henderson, continues to add new features to the program. DOS and Pocket PC versions of the utility are also available. You can download G7ToWin at www.gpsinformation.org/ronh.
Other GPS utilities worth consideration include

• EasyGPS: A popular, free utility for creating, editing, and transferring waypoints and routes, available at www.easygps.com.
• GPS Utility: A popular freeware/shareware program that lets you manipulate and map waypoints, routes, and tracks and works with Geographic Information System (GIS) data. It’s available at: www.gpsu.co.uk.
• GPS TrackMaker: A free utility that creates, edits, and deletes waypoints, routes, and tracks. It supports mapping features. You can download the program at www. gpstm.com.
• GPSy: For users who want to interface their receiver with a Mac. For more information, see www.gpsy.com.