GPSBabel
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| Developer(s) | Robert Lipe and community |
| Stable release | 1.4.2 / October 10, 2010 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | GPS |
| License | GPL (Free Software) |
| Website | www.gpsbabel.org |
GPSBabel is a cross-platform, free software to transfer routes, tracks, and waypoint data to and from consumer GPS units, and to convert between over a hundred types of GPS data formats.[1] It has a command-line interface and a graphical interface for Windows, OS X, and Linux users.
GPSBabel is part of many Linux distributions including Debian GNU/Linux and Fedora, and also part of the 'fink' system for getting Unix software on Mac OS X.
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[edit] Applications
- Many contributors to OpenStreetMap use GPSBabel to convert GPS track data from proprietary formats to the GPX format OpenStreetMap requires.
- GPSBabel is popular in the Geocaching community because it enables people with incompatible GPS units to share data.
- GPSBabel enables owners of many different brands of GPS units to view their GPS data in several popular consumer map programs, such as Google Earth and Microsoft Streets & Trips.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- GPSBabel site
- Gebabbel Qt4.3 Frontend for GPSBabel
- Prune can also act as a frontend for GPSBabel
- Chapter 15, "Speak in Geotongues: GPSBabel to the Rescue", Mapping Hacks:Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography, ISBN 0-596-00703-5, O'Reilly.
- GPS For Dummies, ISBN 0-7645-6933-3 (and author's blog)
[edit] References
- Make Magazine v07, pages 117–118, GPS Running Log.
