[Linux] GPSbabel question

[Chris 'Chipper' Chiapusio]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 09:41:51PM -0600, Steven Benmosh wrote:
>   Chris, this is probably for you...
>
>   I use GPSMAN to d/l data from my garmin geko 201 to my ubuntu box. It
>   saves the file in a format that I can later upload to the GPS, which is a
>   text file.
>
>   I then export the data to GPX, again using GPSMAN. For some reason, I do
>   not have much luck with GPX on Google Earth, especially with multiple
>   tracks, so I use GPSBabel to convert the gpx file to kml format and view
>   it with Google Earth.
>
>   I can also d/l from the garmin using GPSBabel and save it as  kml format
>   as well.
>
>   Q1. Is there a way to open the file saved from garmin with gpsbabel (I am
>   not sure what the format name is, it is not 'garmin' and it is not 'text'
>   and it is not 'csv', all of which I tried and convert it to .kml without
>   going through gpx?
>

If you don't know what the format is, the question cannot be answered.

>   Q2. Is there a way to use gpsbabel to transfer the data from the garmin to
>   the PC in its original text format, so I can upload it to the garmin later
>   on?

Perhaps using gpsd and gpspipe to save off the raw NMEA stream abd play it
back using fakegps (i think thats the name).  You should join the gpsd
mailing list and/or visit gpsd on freenode.


>
>   Maybe I should have said 'what is the way' instead of 'is there a way'...
>
>   Thanks,
>
>   Z.

Chipper

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