v.in.garmin(1)

1v.in.garmin(1)                Grass User's Manual               v.in.garmin(1)
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NAME

6       v.in.garmin  - Download waypoints, routes, and tracks from a Garmin GPS
7       receiver into a vector map.
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KEYWORDS

10       vector, import, GPS
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SYNOPSIS

13       v.in.garmin
14       v.in.garmin help
15       v.in.garmin  [-vwrtpuzk]   [output=string]    [port=string]    [--over‐
16       write]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]
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18   Flags:
19       -v
20           Verbose mode
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22       -w
23           Download Waypoints from GPS
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25       -r
26           Download Routes from GPS
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28       -t
29           Download Track from GPS
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31       -p
32           Force import of track or route data as points
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34       -u
35           Use gardump instead of gpstrans as the download program
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37       -z
38           Import track in 3D (gardump only)
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40       -k
41           Do not attempt projection transform from WGS84
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43       --overwrite
44           Allow output files to overwrite existing files
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46       --verbose
47           Verbose module output
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49       --quiet
50           Quiet module output
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52   Parameters:
53       output=string
54           Name for output vector map (omit for display to stdout)
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56       port=string
57           Port Garmin receiver is connected to
58           Default: /dev/gps
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DESCRIPTION

61       v.in.garmin  allows  the user to import waypoint, route, and track data
62       from a locally connected Garmin GPS receiver via the  gpstrans  program
63       by Carsten Tschach or the gardump program by Marc Hyman.
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65       Use at your own risk. This software comes with absolutely no warranty.
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NOTES

68       If  the GPS is set up to output WGS84 Lat/Lon, v.in.garmin will attempt
69       to automatically transform the coordinates to the  current  projection.
70       In  all  other cases, no checks are performed for datum, projection and
71       format of data.  You  must  check  for  yourself  that  your  receiver,
72       gpstrans  and  GRASS  use the same map datum and projection.  The auto‐
73       matic transform may be skipped by using the -k flag.
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75       Route and Track data may be uploaded as points by using  the  -p  flag,
76       otherwise they will be imported as a line. You can run v.in.garmin mul‐
77       tiple times and merge the line and point vectors with the v.patch  com‐
78       mand  if  you  want,  but  take  care when merging dissimilar attribute
79       tables.
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81       Future versions of GRASS will use gardump as the default download  pro‐
82       gram.  It  can  talk  to  newer Garmin GPSs, while gpstrans seems to be
83       mostly abandoned these days and only works with older GPSs. The current
84       version  of  gardump  (ver 2.5) will not yet talk to USB-only GPSs, but
85       you can try the v.in.gpsbabel module for those. The  gardump  code  has
86       been  tested  with  an  older  Garmin  GPS  45 and a newer GPS V and is
87       expected to work with everything in between.
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89       Before running v.in.garmin, gpstrans should be set up to  output  WGS84
90       latitude-longitude, as follows:
91       $ gpstrans -s
92       datum:  100 (WGS84)
93       format: 2 - lat/lon  ddd.ddddd
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AUTHORS

107       Based on v.in.garmin.sh for GRASS 5.0 by Andreas Lange
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109       with bug fixes by Glynn Clements and Markus Neteler
110       Rewritten for GRASS 5.3 and 5.7 by Hamish Bowman
111       gardump and 3D track support by Hamish Bowman
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113       gpstrans was written by Carsten Tschach
114       gardump was written by Marc Hyman
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116       Last changed: $Date: 2007-06-07 11:25:44 +0200 (Thu, 07 Jun 2007) $
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118       Full index
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120       © 2003-2008 GRASS Development Team
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