Step 1: Inside MapSource

 

 

• Download the points into the program
• Select the Waypoints tab to view the waypoints
• From the drop down menu select Edit\Preferences\ Units tab; Set the Altitude/Elevation box to Feet, and the Distance & Speed to Statute. 

 

     The distance and speed setting in MapSource is not used because only latitude and longitude values are imported to GPS2CAD. 

 

 

• From the Position tab, select Grid: Lat/Long hddd.ddddd, and Datum: WGS 84

 

 

• Go to File/Export. Choose Tab Delimited/ *.txt file and supply a name. Click ok to save

 

 

 

Step 2: Inside GPS2CAD

• Go to the File/Preferences/Grid and Units tab and set the Units to INT_FOOT
• Select the Datum you want the points translated to. Save and Close Preferences
• Go to File/Import Points/Garmin MapSource, click
• Review the information in the next window, click OK
• Select the file, click OK to import

 

The points are now in the main grid and can be used as any GPS points.