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 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 ................................................................................................................. 10 ? Character Separated Values (xcsv) ............................................................................ 10 style option .................................................................................................. 10 snlen option .................................................................................................. 10 snwhite option .............................................................................................. 10 snupper option .............................................................................................. 10 snunique option ............................................................................................ 11 urlbase option .............................................................................................. 11 prefer_shortnames option .......................................................................... 11 datum option .................................................................................................. 11 Alan Map500 tracklogs (.trl) (alantrl) ........................................................................... 11 Alan Map500 waypoints and routes (.wpr) (alanwpr) ....................................................... 12 All database fields on one tab-separated line (tabsep) ...................................................... 12 Brauniger IQ Series Barograph Download (baroiq) ......................................................... 12 Bushnell GPS Trail file (bushnell_trl) ........................................................................... 13 Bushnell GPS Waypoint file (bushnell) ......................................................................... 13 Cambridge/Winpilot glider software (cambridge) ............................................................ 14 CarteSurTable data file (cst) ....................................................................................... 14 Cetus for Palm/OS (cetus) .......................................................................................... 14 dbname option ................................................................................................ 14 appendicon option ........................................................................................ 14 CoastalExplorer XML (coastexp) ................................................................................. 15 Columbus/Visiontac V900 files (.csv) (v900) ................................................................. 15 Comma separated values (csv) .................................................................................... 15 CompeGPS data files (.wpt/.trk/.rte) (compegps) ............................................................ 16 deficon option .............................................................................................. 16 index option .................................................................................................. 16 radius option ................................................................................................ 17 snlen option .................................................................................................. 17 CoPilot Flight Planner for Palm/OS (copilot) ................................................................. 17 cotoGPS for Palm/OS (coto) ....................................................................................... 17 zerocat option .............................................................................................. 18 Custom "Everything" Style (custom) ............................................................................ 18 Data Logger iBlue747 csv (iblue747) ........................................................................... 18 Data Logger iBlue757 csv (iblue757) ........................................................................... 18 INDEX ........................................................................................................... 19 iii GPSBabel Documentation RCR ............................................................................................................... 19 DATE ............................................................................................................. 19 TIME .............................................................................................................. 19 VALID ........................................................................................................... 19 LATITUDE ..................................................................................................... 19 N/S ................................................................................................................. 19 LONGITUDE ................................................................................................... 19 E/W ................................................................................................................ 20 HEIGHT ......................................................................................................... 20 SPEED ............................................................................................................ 20 DISTANCE ..................................................................................................... 20 Example File .................................................................................................... 20 Dell Axim Navigation System (.gpb) file format (axim_gpb) ............................................ 20 DeLorme .an1 (drawing) file (an1) ............................................................................... 20 type option .................................................................................................... 21 road option .................................................................................................... 21 nogc option .................................................................................................... 22 nourl option .................................................................................................. 22 deficon option .............................................................................................. 22 color option .................................................................................................. 23 zoom option .................................................................................................... 23 wpt_type option ............................................................................................ 23 radius option ................................................................................................ 23 DeLorme GPL (gpl) .................................................................................................. 23 DeLorme PN-20/PN-30/PN-40 USB protocol (delbin) ..................................................... 23 get_posn option ............................................................................................ 24 logs option .................................................................................................... 24 long_notes option ........................................................................................ 25 nukewpt option .............................................................................................. 25 nuketrk option .............................................................................................. 25 nukerte option 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