Upload GPS tracks directly from your Garmin
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
Some of our frequent freepilotlog.com users have found out by now: Filling in your logbook by uploading GPS tracks (rather than the old fashioned way of typing) is a whole new experience. It makes logging flights fun rather than a burdensome experience!
Getting the track from your GPS device to the website however can be somewhat of a hassle from time to time. It involves starting a separate application, downloading the track from the GPS device, saving it to a GPX file, and finally uploading the file to the freepilotlog.com website. In an ideal world all of this should be a simple one-step process!
For owners of a Garmin device this simple one-step process has become reality as of today. freepilotlog.com now supports the Garmin Communicator API. The first time you are uploading a track to freepilotlog.com you will be asked to install a plug in. Then simply select a track from a drop down list and click a button to upload that track directly from your connected GPS device to the freepilotlog.com website. It’s that easy.
Currently the Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers are supported on the Windows platform. Other browsers and platforms (MacOSX!) will be supported in the near future. Give it a try and let us know if there are any problems with this new feature. Of course the old way of uploading a track through a GPX file is still supported also.
Have fun and fly safe!