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<h3>Old Garmin handheld GPS devices</h3>
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<p>
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These can only import cave entrance locations (waypoints) and paths (tracks) using the Garmin communication protocol.
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These need the Garmin communication protocol to import cave entrance locations (waypoints) and paths (tracks). You can't do it by simply copyingfiles.
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This means that you need special software on your laptop in addition to a USB cable that connects your laptop to the Garmin device.
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<p>
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<figure><a href="https://www.cablestogo.com/learning/connector-guides/usb">
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<figcaption><em>mini-USB b socket</em></figcaption>
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</figure>
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If your Garmin has a <b>mini</b>-USB socket, rather than the usual micro-USB found in phones, then you might have an "old" Garmin handheld, but some modern handhelds still use this old socket.
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<p>Once you have the right cable and connectedyour handheld to your laptop:
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<p>Once you have the right cable and connected your handheld to your laptop:
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<ul>
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<li>On a Windows machine, use "GPSbabel for Windows" which has an easy to use graphical user interface:
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<a href="https://www.gpsbabel.org/download.html">download GPS Babel</a>
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but there is no simple, easy to use graphical interface.
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Instead you must use other software such as QGIS or Viking (download using your usual Linux software installer)
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which uses gpsbabel to talk to your device.
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If this doesn't work then there are no useful error messages.
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If this doesn't work then there are no useful error messages from Viking.
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</ul>
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