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]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]
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18   Flags:
19       -v
20           Verbose mode
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22       -w
23           Import waypoints
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25       -r
26           Import routes
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28       -t
29           Import track
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31       -p
32           Force vertices of track or route data as points
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34       -k
35           Do not attempt projection transform from WGS84
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37       --overwrite
38           Allow output files to overwrite existing files
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40       --verbose
41           Verbose module output
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43       --quiet
44           Quiet module output
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46   Parameters:
47       input=string
48           Device or file used to import data
49           Default: /dev/gps
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51       output=string
52           Name for output vector map (omit for display to stdout)
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54       format=string
55           Format of GPS input data (use gpsbabel supported formats)
56           Default: garmin
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58       proj=string
59           Projection  of  input data (PROJ.4 style), if not set Lat/Lon WGS84
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DESCRIPTION

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

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

87   GPS device connected via USB adapter
88       Import waypoints, tracks, routes from /dev/ttyUSB0 and save to a  GRASS
89       vector map:
90       v.in.gpsbabel -w input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=waypoints
91       v.in.gpsbabel -t input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=tracks
92       v.in.gpsbabel -r input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=routes
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95   GPS device connected via serial adapter
96       Import waypoint data from a Garmin GPS connected at /dev/ttyS0 and save
97       to a GRASS vector map named waypoints:
98       v.in.gpsbabel -w input=/dev/ttyS0 format=garmin output=waypoints
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101   Import track data from a GPX
102       Import track data from a GPX text file and save to a GRASS  vector  map
103       named tracks.
104       v.in.gpsbabel -t input=gpslog.gpx format=gpx output=tracks
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107   Import route data from GPS connected at /dev/gps
108       Import  route data as a series of points from a Garmin GPS connected at
109       /dev/gps and save to a GRASS vector map named routePoints:
110       v.in.gpsbabel -r -p file=/dev/gps format=garmin output=routePoints
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AUTHORS

123       Claudio Porta and Lucio Davide Spano, students of Computer  Science  at
124       University of Pisa (Italy).
125       Commission from Faunalia Pontedera (PI)
126       Based on v.in.garmin for GRASS 6.0 by Hamish Bowman
127       and v.in.garmin.sh for GRASS 5 by Andreas Lange
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129       Last changed: $Date: 2007-05-10 21:32:06 +0200 (Thu, 10 May 2007) $
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