Uploading a .gpx file into OEM Nav

Niels E46 M3 · 11-20-2009, 02:48 PM

Does anyone know if our NAV systems have the capability to upload .gpx files for routes?

Thanks,
Niels

E90M3CDFR · 11-21-2009, 02:59 AM

Niels, I don't know about gpx files but there is a way to load files in a different format, which may be a BMW proprietary format (file extension is *.gz). You can check it on the BMW Connected Drive website where you can plot a trip on a googlemaps interface.

As far as I know, it only works in Europe but it allows you to set up a trip or journey in 2010-nav speak, transfer the file to a USB key and import it through the glovebox connection (assuming you have the right setup). I have used it here in Europe with a US-spec car and it works quite well. Someone on another BMW forum was trying to decipher the BMW format so that it could be used in the US with Googlemaps but I don't think it went anywhere.

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Niels E46 M3 Private First Class 7 Rep 108 Posts Drives: 09 SG M3 Coupe DCT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston/Denver iTrader: (1)	Uploading a .gpx file into OEM Nav Does anyone know if our NAV systems have the capability to upload .gpx files for routes? Thanks, Niels
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11-21-2009, 02:59 AM	#2
E90M3CDFR First Lieutenant 86 Rep 303 Posts Drives: E91 Sportwagon Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NoVA iTrader: (1)	Niels, I don't know about gpx files but there is a way to load files in a different format, which may be a BMW proprietary format (file extension is *.gz). You can check it on the BMW Connected Drive website where you can plot a trip on a googlemaps interface. As far as I know, it only works in Europe but it allows you to set up a trip or journey in 2010-nav speak, transfer the file to a USB key and import it through the glovebox connection (assuming you have the right setup). I have used it here in Europe with a US-spec car and it works quite well. Someone on another BMW forum was trying to decipher the BMW format so that it could be used in the US with Googlemaps but I don't think it went anywhere.
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