v.in.gpsbabel(1)

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

6       v.in.gpsbabel   -  Import  waypoints,  routes,  and  tracks  from a GPS
7       receiver or GPS download file into a vector map.
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KEYWORDS

10       vector, import, GPS
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SYNOPSIS

13       v.in.gpsbabel
14       v.in.gpsbabel help
15       v.in.gpsbabel  [-vwrtpk]   [input=string]     [output=string]     [for‐
16       mat=string]   [proj=string]   [--overwrite]
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18   Flags:
19       -v  Verbose mode
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21       -w  Import waypoints
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23       -r  Import routes
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25       -t  Import track
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27       -p  Force vertices of track or route data as points
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29       -k  Do not attempt projection transform from WGS84
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31       --overwrite
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33   Parameters:
34       input=string
35           Device or file used to import data Default: /dev/gps
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37       output=string
38           Name for new vector map (omit for display to stdout)
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40       format=string
41           Format  of GPS input data (use gpsbabel supported formats) Default:
42           garmin
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44       proj=string
45           Projection of input data (PROJ.4 style), if not set  Lat/Lon  WGS84
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DESCRIPTION

49       v.in.gpsbabel allows the user to import waypoint, route, and track data
50       from a locally connected GPS receiver or a  text  file  containing  GPS
51       data  of many common formats. Translation is done via the gpsbabel pro‐
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54       This software is not intended as a primary means of navigation.
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NOTES

57       v.in.gpsbabel automatically reprojects data using the  projection  set‐
58       tings  of  the  current location.  The default input data projection is
59       lat/lon WGS84. If your GPS outputs data using another projection or map
60       datum,  you  may include the PROJ.4 parameters defining your projection
61       in the proj option and v.in.gpsbabel will reproject your  data  accord‐
62       ingly.   Great care must be taken to get these parameters correct!  The
63       automatic transform may be skipped by using the -k flag in  which  case
64       the data will be imported unprojected, as it appears in the input.
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66       Route and Track data may be uploaded as a series of points by using the
67       -p flag, otherwise  they  will  be  imported  as  lines.  You  can  run
68       v.in.gpsbabel  multiple times and merge the line and point vectors with
69       the v.patch command if you want, but take care when merging  dissimilar
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EXAMPLES

73   GPS device connected via USB adapter
74       Import  waypoints, tracks, routes from /dev/ttyUSB0 and save to a GRASS
75       vector map:
76       v.in.gpsbabel -w input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=waypoints
77       v.in.gpsbabel -t input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=tracks
78       v.in.gpsbabel -r input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=routes
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81   GPS device connected via serial adapter
82       Import waypoint data from a Garmin GPS connected at /dev/ttyS0 and save
83       to a GRASS vector map named waypoints:
84       v.in.gpsbabel -w input=/dev/ttyS0 format=garmin output=waypoints
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87   Import track data from a GPX
88       Import  track  data from a GPX text file and save to a GRASS vector map
89       named tracks.
90       v.in.gpsbabel -t input=gpslog.gpx format=gpx output=tracks
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93   Import route data from GPS connected at /dev/gps
94       Import route data as a series of points from a Garmin GPS connected  at
95       /dev/gps and save to a GRASS vector map named routePoints:
96       v.in.gpsbabel -r -p file=/dev/gps format=garmin output=routePoints
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AUTHORS

109       Claudio  Porta  and Lucio Davide Spano, students of Computer Science at
110       University of Pisa (Italy).
111       Commission from Faunalia Pontedera (PI)
112       Based on v.in.garmin for GRASS 6.0 by Hamish Bowman
113       and v.in.garmin.sh for GRASS 5 by Andreas Lange
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115       Last changed: $Date: 2007/05/11 19:00:32 $
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121GRASS 6.2.2                                                   v.in.gpsbabel(1)