GPSBabel
- Examples
- Determining the serial device name

GPSBabel

Examples

GPX Exchange Format (GPX) to Google Earth (KML)

Also demonstrates passing filter options, in this case to specify the output units to be metric.

$ gpsbabel -i gpx -f example.gpx -o kml,units=met -F example.kml

-- Frank Dean - 22 Sep 2017

Garmin MapSource - gdb

Convert a GPX format file's waypoints, routes and tracks to MapSource format:

$ gpsbabel -w -r -t -i gpx -f example.gpx -o gdb -F example.gdb

Garmin eTrex Vista

Determining the serial device name

GPSBabel can read and write directly to some devices over the serial port. On a Unix system, you can probably identify the serial device name by following the symbolic links under /dev/serial/bi-id - or just use those device names directly.

This example uses the serial port enabled via a USB adapter, reading routes and waypoints from the Garmin device and writing out to a file in GPX format:

$ gpsbabel -r -w -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gpx -F example.gpx

$ gpsbabel -r -w -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS0 -o gpx -F example.gpx

This example transfer the routes and waypoints defined in the file to the GPS device.

$ gpsbabel -w -r  -i gpx -f test.gpx -o garmin -F /dev/ttyUSB0

$ gpsbabel -w -r  -i gpx -f test.gpx -o garmin -F /dev/ttyS0

Garmin Database exporting waypoints and routes to GPS device

$ gpsbabel -w -r -i gdb -f dartmoor_2009.gdb -o garmin -F /dev/ttyS0