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Throughout tomorrow and Saturday the Wikiloc's trail download system will experience some changes which will gradually get to all users. We have created a new functionnality to directly connect Wikiloc with your Garmin GPS. Read a little further down for details of this new feature.

On the other hand, this new plugin has forced us to redesign the trail download interface. It's a redesign which does not affect the way we download trails and it's just a visual and interface update. From now on, when you download a trail a window will pop up with these three tabs:

- GPX: with the current existing list of options for downloading in GPX format
- Google Earth: download in KML format for viewing on Google Earth
- Garmin: to create the connection with the Garmin Communicator plugin for direct download to your GPS



But with the new plugin is where there's really a significant change. Let's go through the details.

Wikiloc-Garmin Connection

From now on it'll be even easier to download trails directly to your Garmin GPS. The new connection enables you to download and store trails straight to your gps, making the process much faster and easier to carry on.



How it works:
To download trails straight to your Garmin GPS follow these steps:

• Find a trail on Wikiloc and click on the Download link
• On the download window, select the Garmin tab
• Install the Garmin Communicator plugin on your computer (if it's not already installed or if you have an older version)
• Make sure that the install process worked fine by going to the Garmin test page (reboot if needed)
• Plug in your GPS to your computer
• Allow Wikiloc to communicate with your GPS
• Once the GPS is detected, click on Download (optionally, you can change the number of points the track can be downloaded as)

Supported Platforms:
The Wikiloc-Garmin connection will work on all platforms on which you can install the Garmin Communicator plugin. Currently those are:

PC: PCs with Windows 7, XP or Vista and Internet Explorer 6 +, Firefox 1.5 + or Chrome
Mac: Intel or PowerPC G4 or later Mac OS 10.4 or later with Safari 2.0 +, Firefox 2.0 + or Chrome

We would like you to tell us how well this new connection works, if it's easy to use, if it brings up errors, etc... So we'll greatly appreciate your feedback!

sorry but I can not download tracks
what is the problem?
thanks
Jasmin2

What is the error you are getting when downloading tracks?

when I give the command download does not save the track, and in the page "http://it.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/downloadToFile.do" remains white. In the download folder is not saved any trace.
Thank you
best regards
Massimo

Io Faccio il download come indicato, una volta concluso il download sul Garmin Edge 800 non trovo le mappe che ho scaricato. Ho provato e provato ma nulla......
Il Communicator é aggiornato.
Alcune volte quando selezione il tab Garmin, il download parte da solo.....
Alcune volte selezionato il tab mi fa scegliere tra Garmin e Garmin....
Alcune volte invece mi fa scegliere tra Edge800 e Garmin.....

In nessun caso trovo la mappa appena scaricata.....

Qualche indicazione....???

@jackal13 - Il Garmin Edge, i percorsi scaricati vengono memorizzati nella cartella 'Courses'. Guarda là per vedere se ci sono

@jasmine2 - The problem might not be in the plugin, but the fact that you have downloaded too many tracks in too little time. When this happens the server automatically bans you out from downloading more tracks until two or three days have passed. Give it another try, it might have already been solved

Yes,I solved it.
thank you very much
Massimo Jasmin2

No, proprio non ci vanno.......

Hi

I'm having trouble downloading to a Garmin eTrex 20. When I select the "Garmin" download option it says I don't have the Garmin Communicator Plugin. However, when I go to the Garmin test page it says that it is installed, up-to-date and functioning.

Thanks