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I hiked the hard way -- up Horse Heaven Trail -- at Mission Peak Regional Preserve from the Stanford Avenue entrance just off Mission Boulevard in Fremont.
I hiked the hard way -- up Horse Heaven Trail -- at Mission Peak Regional Preserve from the Stanford Avenue entrance just off Mission Boulevard in Fremont.
I also did this to test my new Garmin eTrex Vista CX unit to see how it would work with my iMac ... it\'s always fun trying to make PC stuff work on a Mac.
Handy programs:
GPS Photo LInker -- http://www.earlyinnovations.com/gpsphotolinker/ ... -- geocodes photos based on .gpx timestamps. Works well, and it\'s free.
GPSbabel: http://www.gpsbabel.org/ ... open source GPS translation service... handy for making KML files for Google earth. Also free.
GPS Visualizer -- http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ -- web site where you can upload your GPS tracks and imbed them in Google maps. Has many options and exports maps directly into everytrail.
Garmin RoadTrip: Mac program from Garmin for working with tracks. Garmin\'s Mac page: http://www8.garmin.com/macosx/
More details at GPS for Mac Hikers at Two Heel Drive.
Comments (5)
Thanks! What a great hike! Fun pictures! Nice job thanks for the software ideas! I have a Delorme pn-20 love it! I live in MO hike the trails ( Ozark Trail) like to back pack. Enjoyed your trip! Thanks for sharing! I have downloaded gps babel but don't know how to use it!
Paul
by pitchforkpaul1 on Dec 19, 2008
Paul
Thanks for sharing. Yes, the elevation profile tells it all. I checked out your sites, lots of good stuff there!
by joost on Nov 21, 2008
This is a very steep hike, both up and down. Going up Horse Heaven is probably one of the steepest in the region, but if you have bad knees you\'d probably prefer to go up rather than down.
by tommangan on Nov 21, 2008
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