Camping selector

Generate a .gpx-file with campings as waypoints near your track.

Why would you need this?

If you're a user of simple but sturdy GPS-devices like the Etrex 20x, enjoy being off grid or don't have a smartphone ... this tool might be interesting.

It takes a GPX-track file as input and returns a GPX-waypoints file with 'campings' near your tracks. These campings will show up as little tents on the map of your GPS (see image). When feeling tired, just zoom out a bit and ride to the nearest tent and get some sleep.

Theoretically you could use a really big waypoints file with all campings but then a lot of the GPS devices will slow down or not even load all waypoints. With this tool, you make a selection of only the campings you will get near.

Usage

After uploading your GPX-track and downloading the generated waypoints-GPX, just put both files on your device. In contrast to the GPX-track, you don't have to 'load' the waypoint file on the device. The camping waypoints will always appear.

Garmin Edge 830: Put the files in the folder Garmin/NewFiles
Garmin Etrex 20(x) ... 32x : Put the files in the folder Garmin/GPX. Note that you might need to tweak some display settings. (By default, most Etrex devices hide waypoints when zooming out beyond a certain scale). For Etrex devices go to Setup -> Map -> Advanced Map Setup -> Adjust Zoom Ranges -> Zoom levels -> User Waypoints. Use a setting of at least 8km.

If you open the waypoint/camping in your device in the description you will see the phone number and/or e-mail address if available.

Note

All campings from the Open Street Maps are used except the campings that have the tags access=private or nudism=['yes','obligatory','designated','customary']