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its a great idea, thanks so much for putting it together.
Im sure I will want it for my next trip across russia.
I have crossed it twice, the 1st w/o gps, last year I borrowed a gps from a friend in moscow, as my gps doesnt do cyrillic.
So I unfortunately have nothing to share

Im heading to georgia/armenia/azerbijan soon, you interested in anything from that area?

I'm a gps idiot tho, & will have to figure out how to save waypoints
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Hi Walter -

a while ago I posted some way points through Russia -

you can get Google Earth files here

Index of /~earmb/Google_Earth_Files

and garmin files here.

Index of /~earmb/Garmin_Files

To translate between formats I suggest you try gpsbabel it's a great bit of software for gps translation.

The files contain our tracks, way points, fuel stops and some other bits.

Nice one!
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Thanks Doug

For the 3rd party waypoints you sent thru. Am amalgamating them into my system ... but looking good. It covers a route thru Mongolia that I hadnt covered.
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Thanks Mr Bart ... I have taken most of those waypoints you donated.

Am now up to well over 1000 waypoints ... including 350 fuel stations and a similar amount of cafes and hotels / camping spots .. and thats just from my waypoints plus Doug's and Mark Bart's.

As soon as I can work out how to host this now, I will put a link up.

I can tell you its looking like it can become the ultimate guide book free resource ... very comprehensive.

Am hoping after this year there will be a lot more coming in, but anyone who has waypoints at home of Eurasia, please send them in.

wcolebatch@gmail.com

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Im heading to georgia/armenia/azerbijan soon, you interested in anything from that area?

I'm a gps idiot tho, & will have to figure out how to save waypoints
hahahaha

Doug
Yes Doug ... got me the TransCaucasian countries too please mate

And learn how to save waypoints before you go
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hi Colebatch - sounds liek you know a lot about Russia- can I ask if I can get those poinst too? am planning east to west to UlaanB and back- many thanks
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sure you can have them ... Just PM me your email and I can email to you.

When I get back to UK I will try harder to find a way to store the file online. Then clicking on a link should deliver the latest file and maybe the latest OSM maps too
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Walter, did you ever figure out how to host this file? I've got space on a server should be pretty easy please let me know if I should try to set it up. I also have a few waypoints for hotels I'll try to send later.
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V generous of you Motoreiter but did you know, Walter, that you can upload a .gdb file on Horizons?
Grant gave us all that facility about a year ago. look here
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lets try with the current version:
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Oh I am loving reading this!

I'm working on the next part of the upgrade of the Horizons Unlimited website and it will all be about waypoints; collecting them, presenting them in a searchable manner and eventually allowing download to your favourite GPS. (Even Garmin which is a right pain to do! )

Do keep these coming in to the list here. We will look to add them to the lists (so many lists) that we already have.

We are building up some categories - I'll post them soon.

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Out of 59,589 users, no one has responded to your post of the 2nd of September . You may want to consider saving yourself a lot of work as there seems to currently be zero interest in this.
Not sure why 'Garmin' is a pain to do but if I can help, do get in touch.
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Sept 2 post? I don't see one.

I am not so sure why it is difficult to use in Garmin. Open the file in Mapsource or basecamp and there are all the waypoints. Delete the ones you don't want, transfer to the GPS and on the road you go. That's all there is to it.
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Using Colebatch's WPS as basis,,, I've spent some time deleting "camp sites" "UNESCO" "National Parks" "Monuments" etc and concentrated on regions Russia and East Europe. Deleted Korea and Japan. Also deleted Magadan, Road of Bones and north, where I will not be going. This list concentrates on Gas, Food and Motel/Hotel, from Vlad to Ukraine.
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Please confirm that you have not ADDED any information but have customised what Walter and others have contributed to suit your needs?
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