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GPS data

JohnnieWalker

Nunca se camina solo
Hola

Can anyone point me to a source of reliable GPS data for the Camino routes please? I'm not looking for maps, I'm looking for the data from which maps are made. Starting with the Camino Ingles perhaps?

Best regards

John
 
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Thanks Doug - very helpful.
 
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I would love to get the Via de la Plata and Sanabres tracks, if you can point me to a reliable source! Thank you! (Maybe it is already somewhere obvious here, but I am new to downloading the tracks, so I'm not sure what I need to be aware of.)
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Can anyone point me to a source of reliable GPS data for the Camino routes please? I'm not looking for maps, I'm looking for the data from which maps are made. Starting with the Camino Ingles perhaps?
Forum member stratophile has a website http://trekopedia.com which supplies GPS tracks of various walks. The page that handles the full Brieley version of the Camino Frances is at http://trekopedia.com/?page_id=3225

The data is in kml format but can be converted to gpx format with online tools.
 
I would love to get the Via de la Plata and Sanabres tracks, if you can point me to a reliable source! Thank you! (Maybe it is already somewhere obvious here, but I am new to downloading the tracks, so I'm not sure what I need to be aware of.)
Hi, C clearly. I rarely have the quickest or easiest tech solution, but what I like to do is use wikiloc.com. I go stage by stage and can choose hiking/biking, etc. Then I tend to use the most recent one, but I do check it out to make sure it comports with my understanding. There are lots and lots of options, and once I find a user I like, I tend to stick with him/her for the rest of the route.

I am by no means an expert, but one of the problems you may have with downloading the entire Vdlp and Sanabres on your GPS is that there is a limited number of "points" that the device will take. When I download from wikiloc, even one short stage of 25 km or so has more points than the device will incorporate, so that means I check the box that tells wikiloc to transform the tracks into one with 500 points, which my device will incorporate. That is perfectly accurate enough for a 25-35 km stage, but would not likely be good for the entire route of the Vdlp or Sanabres.

I once learned this the hard way. When Susanna and I were walking the Camino Olvidado from Bilbao, it turned out that the tracks that were loaded up had way more than the accepted 500 points -- which meant that we had tracks only for the first part of every stage. So it required re-loading with the "fewer points" version. Hope this makes sense. And I'm sure that the more savvy tech people on the forum can help.
 
Thanks. That is helpful!
 
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@peregrina2000 It is especially helpful as it explains why I couldn't find the whole VdlP on one file! I was having to download stage-by-stage. Now I will go back and study it some more.
 

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