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Filed in GIS Software by Caitlin Dempsey on April 29, 2011 • 4 Comments

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  1. Erick says:
    April 7, 2008 at 12:11 pm

    Is there any way to convert IMG (fron Garmin GPS) to SHP?
    The Garmin IMG files are not protected.
    The only way I have found is to go from IMG to Polish format and then to SHP but the result is corrupted and most info is lost.

    Can you helpme?

    Thank you

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