Open a command prompt (Start and type cmd or shift right click in the file explorer window and select open command prompt here).
Download just the zip file and extract GPSFDshp2mp.exe into the folder containing the shapefiles you need to convert.Additionally, every input is case sensitive. GPS Sway is for Microsoft Windows only and is run via the DOS command line. If you see wierd straight lines after processing you have multipart shapefiles. Limitations (this and the original): Only works with single part shapefiles. Upgraded the internal files to new versions for shapefile reading.Allows user to not include all the columns from the shapefile (saving space).Allows user to select which shapefile column is the type code for cgpsmapper and the name.Allows user to set the map ID and map name.
He released the code under GPLv3 and LGPLv2 GPSFileDepot then used his hard work and made modifications in order to better support map building as done in the tutorials and upgrade the C Shapefiles. This is GPSFileDepot's modified version of sprok's shp2mp. This tool takes ESRI shapefiles (.shp) and converts them to Polish text (.mp) that can be used in GPSMapEdit or converted into Garmin.