GPSBabel Documentation GPSBabel Documentation Table of Contents Introduction to GPSBabel ................................................................................................... xx The Problem: Too many incompatible GPS file formats ................................................... xx The Solution ............................................................................................................ xx 1. Getting or Building GPSBabel ........................................................................................... 1 Downloading - the easy way. ........................................................................................ 1 Building from source. .................................................................................................. 1 Brief history of internals ...................................................................................... 1 Building with Qt Creator ..................................................................................... 2 Building with configure ....................................................................................... 2 2. Usage ............................................................................................................................ 3 Invocation .................................................................................................................. 3 Suboptions ................................................................................................................. 4 Advanced Usage ......................................................................................................... 4 Route and Track Modes ............................................................................................... 5 Working with predefined options ................................................................................... 6 Realtime tracking ........................................................................................................ 7 Batch mode (command files) ........................................................................................ 7 List of Options ........................................................................................................... 8 3. The Formats ................................................................................................................... 9 ? Character Separated Values (xcsv) .............................................................................. 9 style option .................................................................................................... 9 snlen option .................................................................................................... 9 snwhite option ................................................................................................ 9 snupper option ................................................................................................ 9 snunique option ............................................................................................ 10 urlbase option .............................................................................................. 10 prefer_shortnames option ........................................................................... 10 datum option .................................................................................................. 10 Alan Map500 tracklogs (.trl) (alantrl) ........................................................................... 10 Alan Map500 waypoints and routes (.wpr) (alanwpr) ....................................................... 11 All database fields on one tab-separated line (tabsep) ...................................................... 11 Brauniger IQ Series Barograph Download (baroiq) ......................................................... 11 Bushnell GPS Trail file (bushnell_trl) ........................................................................... 12 Bushnell GPS Waypoint file (bushnell) ......................................................................... 12 Cambridge/Winpilot glider software (cambridge) ............................................................ 13 CarteSurTable data file (cst) ....................................................................................... 13 Columbus/Visiontac V900 files (.csv) (v900) ................................................................. 13 Comma separated values (csv) .................................................................................... 14 CompeGPS data files (.wpt/.trk/.rte) (compegps) ............................................................ 14 deficon option .............................................................................................. 15 index option .................................................................................................. 15 radius option ................................................................................................ 15 snlen option .................................................................................................. 15 Custom "Everything" Style (custom) ............................................................................ 15 Data Logger iBlue747 csv (iblue747) ........................................................................... 16 Data Logger iBlue757 csv (iblue757) ........................................................................... 16 INDEX ............................................................................................................ 16 RCR ............................................................................................................... 16 DATE ............................................................................................................. 16 TIME .............................................................................................................. 17 VALID ............................................................................................................ 17 iii GPSBabel Documentation LATITUDE ...................................................................................................... 17 N/S ................................................................................................................. 17 LONGITUDE ................................................................................................... 17 E/W ................................................................................................................ 17 HEIGHT .......................................................................................................... 17 SPEED ............................................................................................................ 17 DISTANCE ...................................................................................................... 18 Example File .................................................................................................... 18 DeLorme .an1 (drawing) file (an1) ............................................................................... 18 type option .................................................................................................... 18 road option .................................................................................................... 18 nogc option .................................................................................................... 19 nourl option .................................................................................................. 19 deficon option .............................................................................................. 20 color option .................................................................................................. 20 zoom option .................................................................................................... 20 wpt_type option ............................................................................................ 20 radius option ................................................................................................ 20 DeLorme GPL (gpl) .................................................................................................. 21 DeLorme Street Atlas Plus (saplus) .............................................................................. 21 DeLorme Street Atlas Route (saroute) .......................................................................... 21 turns_important option ............................................................................... 21 turns_only option ........................................................................................ 21 split option .................................................................................................. 22 controls option ............................................................................................ 22 times option .................................................................................................. 22 DeLorme XMap HH Native .WPT (xmap) ..................................................................... 22 DeLorme XMap/SAHH 2006 Native .TXT (xmap2006) ................................................... 22 DeLorme XMat HH Street Atlas USA .WPT (PPC) (xmapwpt) ......................................... 23 Destinator Itineraries (.dat) (destinator_itn) .................................................................... 24 Destinator Points of Interest (.dat) (destinator_poi) .........................................................