Here's something I've found that seems to work well. It gives you a bookmarklet that you can click when you have a route, and it will generates a GPX for you.
http://www.elsewhere.org/journal/gmaptogpx/ http://www.elsewhere.org/GMapToGPX/gmaptogpx_js.txt (Java source code) Cheers Nils On 2012-09-20 09:35, Nils wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I used to be able to plan routes (running, cycling) using google maps, > then adding &output=kml to the link, and then receiving the KML file. > Then I would usually do fine edits in Viking (OSMs have better biking > path info), export as a gpx track, save to my unit, and go. > > Since a little while this has stopped working andwill likely not come > back, see > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11680872/google-maps-output-kml-broken > > and in particular > > https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=4321 > > Would it be possible in any way to integrate JSON based functionality > into Viking, i.e. to paste the google link and then retrieve the path > directly into Viking or something similar? There are some code fragments > in the two posts and in the links from the posts. > > Thanks > Nils ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Viking-devel mailing list Viking-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viking-devel Viking home page: http://viking.sf.net/
