Importing Trail Routes from Topo North America into inReach.garmin.com

GPX track files can be imported are routes into the Map tab of an account at inreach.garmin.com. If you own a copy of the DeLorme® Topo or XMap®¹ software you use the instructions below to create routes on the trails in the DeLorme software and then export the path of the route for use on the Map tab of inreach.garmin.com.

1. Open an empty project in the DeLorme Topo or XMap¹ program
   
   
2. Create a trail route in the program. Instructions for creating a trail route can be found in related content
   
   
3. Right-click on the trail route, hover over Manage Draw, and select Copy to Active Track Layer
   
   
   
4. Click on the Draw tab of Topo
   
   
   
5. Click File...
   
   
   
6. On the right-hand side of the tab select Export...
   
   
   
7. Click Desktop on the left-hand side of the window that appears
   
   
   
8. In the Save as type dropdown menu select GPX File (*.gpx)
   
   
   
9. Name the file and click Save
   
   
   
10. Log in to your account at inreach.garmin.com
    
    
11. Click on the Map tab
    
12. Click Import
    
    
    
13. Click in the gray box in the Import Data window
    
    
    
14. Browse to the Desktop of your computer in the File Upload window and select the file saved in step 9
    
    
    
15. Click Open. The data will import as a route on your account.
    
    
    
16. Click Close.
    
    
    
17. Click the Routes tab in the column on the left-hand side of the map.
    
    
    
18. Click on the newly imported route. The Map will center over the route.
    

¹XMap software has been discontinued but not XMap data format