For those of you who have seen the online Ontario Crown Land Atlas, and wanted to create custom Garmin GPS maps, I've put together the steps below so you can convert them into a map that you can upload to your GPS.
It's not for the faint of heart, but here are the steps you need to do it.
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How to convert Ontario Crown land Maps to Garmin MapSource maps
What you need:
Garmin Mapsource (you can also use SendMap20 as well, but those instructions are not included)
http://w ww.garmin.com
Google Earth (Optional: to view a satellite maps combined with the data from Ontario Crown Land Use data)
http://e arth.google.com/
GPS Babel (Used to convert the Google KML data to Polish Notation(MP) for input into GPSMapEdit)
http://w ww.gpsbabel.org/
GPSMapEdit: used to convert the polygons into map data that will be used by your Garmin maps
http://w ww.geopainting.com/en/
cGPSMapper: Used to create the Garmin Map bundles that will show in MapSource
http://c gpsmapper.com/
MapSetToolKit : used as a wrapper GUI for cGPSMapper, and creates all the required registry entries
needed to load the maps into MapSource
http://c ypherman1.googlepages.com/home
CrownLandConverter: (Converts a CSV file of crown land measurements into a Google KML file)
Microsoft Excel: (Used to cut and paste the points from the browser, and save in csv format)
http://w ww.burke-consulting.net/CrownLandConverter/CrownLandConverter.zip
Steps:
1) Go to the Ontario Crown Land Use Policy Atlas at http://crownlanduseatlas.mnr.gov.on.ca/clupa.html
2) Locate the parcels of crown land you want to convert. (Use the legend, and Info tool to see the location of crown land, and the allowed usage on that land.
3) Using the “Measure Distance” tool in the browser, trace out the outlines of the parcel of land, the individual points will appear on the right hand side of the browser as you trace it.
4) Highlight the points on the right, starting with the first “Position” Line and ending with the last “Distance” line.
5) Open up Microsoft Excel and paste the data into the first two columns in Excel, and paste going down the rows.
6) Repeat steps 3-6 for each section of land you want to add to the GPS.
7) For each section of land you create in Excel you need to start with a new row that has the first column as “START” and the second column as the name you want to use. Eg “Tract ###”
8) For each section you need to end it with the row “END” in the first Column.
9) Save the file as a CSV format
10) Example Excel Spread Sheet (CSV format)
START, Large Crown land East Side
Position,"78° 37' 7"" W"
,"44° 49' 59"" N"
Position,"78° 36' 51"" W"
,"44° 49' 29"" N"
Distance,990.9 m
True Course,160.2°
Position,"78° 36' 34"" W"
,"44° 49' 33"" N"
Distance,406.7 m
True Course,70.6°
Position,"78° 36' 49"" W"
,"44° 50' 4"" N"
Distance,"1,000.1 m"
True Course,340.6°
Position,"78° 37' 7"" W"
,"44° 49' 59"" N"
Distance,416.2 m
END,
11) Run the crown land converter, and enter the location for the output kml file, and the input csv data file you just created. Click on Go.. the Sample KML file will be created with the data from the CSV data
12) Start up Google Earth, and then open the kml file. You will see the outlines you just created.
13) Start up GPSBabel and convert the KML file into a Garmin .mps file. Make sure you check the tracks options for conversion.
14) Open up GPSMapEdit and load in the mps file you just created. You will see the outlines..
15) You now need to convert the “tracks” into Polygons and Polylines and color and customize the map the way you want it to appear on the GPS. Eg I like to right click on the tracks and convert the track into a polygon first, set the background type. Then right click again and convert it to a polyline, so that each parcel of land has a “border” around it on the map.
16) Make sure you set all the map header information required (see the GPSMap Edit program documentation to do it) using the Map Properties. NOTE: with the latest Mapsource 6.14.1, it’s important to set the map ID properly for later configuration in the cGPSMapper
17) Save the file in Polish Notation (required for export to img file)
18) Export the map to a Garmin IMG file.
19) Open up MapSetToolkit, and fill in the appropriate values (remember the ID you put in the map properties.
20) Load the maps into mapsource with MapSetToolkit.
21) Start up MapSource and see the maps.
22) Load the maps into your GPS with MapSource.
23) Your Done!
It's not for the faint of heart, but here are the steps you need to do it.
--------------------------
How to convert Ontario Crown land Maps to Garmin MapSource maps
What you need:
Garmin Mapsource (you can also use SendMap20 as well, but those instructions are not included)
http://w ww.garmin.com
Google Earth (Optional: to view a satellite maps combined with the data from Ontario Crown Land Use data)
http://e arth.google.com/
GPS Babel (Used to convert the Google KML data to Polish Notation(MP) for input into GPSMapEdit)
http://w ww.gpsbabel.org/
GPSMapEdit: used to convert the polygons into map data that will be used by your Garmin maps
http://w ww.geopainting.com/en/
cGPSMapper: Used to create the Garmin Map bundles that will show in MapSource
http://c gpsmapper.com/
MapSetToolKit : used as a wrapper GUI for cGPSMapper, and creates all the required registry entries
needed to load the maps into MapSource
http://c ypherman1.googlepages.com/home
CrownLandConverter: (Converts a CSV file of crown land measurements into a Google KML file)
Microsoft Excel: (Used to cut and paste the points from the browser, and save in csv format)
http://w ww.burke-consulting.net/CrownLandConverter/CrownLandConverter.zip
Steps:
1) Go to the Ontario Crown Land Use Policy Atlas at http://crownlanduseatlas.mnr.gov.on.ca/clupa.html
2) Locate the parcels of crown land you want to convert. (Use the legend, and Info tool to see the location of crown land, and the allowed usage on that land.
3) Using the “Measure Distance” tool in the browser, trace out the outlines of the parcel of land, the individual points will appear on the right hand side of the browser as you trace it.
4) Highlight the points on the right, starting with the first “Position” Line and ending with the last “Distance” line.
5) Open up Microsoft Excel and paste the data into the first two columns in Excel, and paste going down the rows.
6) Repeat steps 3-6 for each section of land you want to add to the GPS.
7) For each section of land you create in Excel you need to start with a new row that has the first column as “START” and the second column as the name you want to use. Eg “Tract ###”
8) For each section you need to end it with the row “END” in the first Column.
9) Save the file as a CSV format
10) Example Excel Spread Sheet (CSV format)
START, Large Crown land East Side
Position,"78° 37' 7"" W"
,"44° 49' 59"" N"
Position,"78° 36' 51"" W"
,"44° 49' 29"" N"
Distance,990.9 m
True Course,160.2°
Position,"78° 36' 34"" W"
,"44° 49' 33"" N"
Distance,406.7 m
True Course,70.6°
Position,"78° 36' 49"" W"
,"44° 50' 4"" N"
Distance,"1,000.1 m"
True Course,340.6°
Position,"78° 37' 7"" W"
,"44° 49' 59"" N"
Distance,416.2 m
END,
11) Run the crown land converter, and enter the location for the output kml file, and the input csv data file you just created. Click on Go.. the Sample KML file will be created with the data from the CSV data
12) Start up Google Earth, and then open the kml file. You will see the outlines you just created.
13) Start up GPSBabel and convert the KML file into a Garmin .mps file. Make sure you check the tracks options for conversion.
14) Open up GPSMapEdit and load in the mps file you just created. You will see the outlines..
15) You now need to convert the “tracks” into Polygons and Polylines and color and customize the map the way you want it to appear on the GPS. Eg I like to right click on the tracks and convert the track into a polygon first, set the background type. Then right click again and convert it to a polyline, so that each parcel of land has a “border” around it on the map.
16) Make sure you set all the map header information required (see the GPSMap Edit program documentation to do it) using the Map Properties. NOTE: with the latest Mapsource 6.14.1, it’s important to set the map ID properly for later configuration in the cGPSMapper
17) Save the file in Polish Notation (required for export to img file)
18) Export the map to a Garmin IMG file.
19) Open up MapSetToolkit, and fill in the appropriate values (remember the ID you put in the map properties.
20) Load the maps into mapsource with MapSetToolkit.
21) Start up MapSource and see the maps.
22) Load the maps into your GPS with MapSource.
23) Your Done!
