GPS Points of Interest

All of the Geographic coordinates are available on the maps, but many of you may have access to an in-car GPS.  I have built my best known coordinates into a series of Point of Interest (POI) files that can assist your studies.  You can't drive your car to all these lights, some of them will require you dismount your GPS and take it with you on a boat, but I've tried to be comprehensive in my coverage.

All of these are in Tom-Tom propietary format. some are provided in Garmin format, and I've been told that a number of convertors are available.  For the Tom-Tom, you need two files, the first is the TomTom ov2 file, the second is an icon to display the point.  I have attached my choice of Icon for your use if you so choose.

All of these files have been given "Web friendly" names.  I suggest you rename to GPS friendly names before loading onto your GPS.  (Note carefully that some of these coordinates are base on web research, not my personal travel.  Updates would be appreciated.)

Great Lakes

  1. Lake Superior: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx
  2. Lake Michigan: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx
  3. Lake Huron: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx
  4. Lake Erie: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx  
  5. Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

Eastern North America

  1. Quebec: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  2. New Brunswick: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  3. Nova Scotia: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  4. Prince Edward Island: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  5. Eastern New York: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx (note that some NY lights are also in the Ontario collection seen above)

  6. New Jersey: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  7. Maryland: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  8. South Atlantic Coast (Virginia thru Georgia): TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

Gulf of Mexico

  1. Florida: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  2. Gulf States (MS, LA, TX): TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

Western North America

  1. California, Oregon & Washington: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  2. British Columbia: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  3. Alaska: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx

  4. Hawaii: TomTom ov2; icon; Garmin gpx 

These files were constructed using Tyre (Trace your Route everywhere) software.  This software will allow you to upload these files directly to your Tom-Tom.  I'm assuming similar abilities exist with other GPS manufacturers.  You can get Tyre from the web.

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