Quick Algonquin Map with Garmin GPS and Google KML

We’ll I’ve been busy the last few weeks at work but I took a bit of time off and headed for the north end of Algonquin Park, North Tea Lake to be precise. While on my trip I nabbed my Dad’s old Garmin GPS unit and decided to see what I could come up with when I got back. Unfortunately, the particular model I had was a late 90′s version with little memory so it ran out of space on our return trip but I managed to get some fun data.

Searching the web, I came across this page that had a great list of Garmin related resources. I selected one of the FREE GPS apps which fortunately had an option to save as a Google KML file. Doing so I could just import that into a Google Map and volia, my trip for all to see.

I’ve clean up the KML file a bit as there were a bunch of waypoints and data from previous trips but it was pretty quick and dirty. I’m planning on writing a post over at GoogleMapsBook.com about using the Garmin GPS tracking and waypoint info to create a mashup (with the algonquin map) for your own site but until then, I thought posting my 5 minute tracking mashup might be interesting. Zoom in on the river at the start, it’s fun to look at.

The trip was great fun, I’ll post a few pictures sometime as well.