GPS Tools

Here you find some other tools related to GPS Tracking.

All tools here are put under the GNU General Public License. If you have any questions or feedback, just send me a mail.

Geocaching To Navi

Revision 329 from 2009-05-26

This small program puts geocaching LOC files to your GPS handheld, saving you the hassle to input them manually.

Download
Get it from here: geocaching2navi

After downloading, please make the script executable:
chmod a+x geocaching2navi

Information

• This software is beta, use at your own risk!
• Language: Bash shell script
• Required tools are: GPSBabel
• Most likely you need to update the following settings in the program (below "Settings"):
  • GPS_TYPE: GPS Device, as supported by gpsbabel
  • GPS_PORT: Port where your GPS device is connected to
    For example /dev/ttyUSB0 for first USB, or /dev/ttyS0 for first serial Link

Usage
geocaching2navi [-h|--help] [-V|--version]  file1 file2 ...

• fileX: Input file(s) in geocaching.com LOC format
• -h|--help: Help screen
• -V|--version: Print program version and exit

Map 2 Navi

Revision 330 from 2009-05-26

Put a route to GPS Handheld. The route is simplified to contain less points on the way.
Input can be a Google Maps URL or a GPX file, e.g. from http://www.yournavigation.org/.

Performed steps

1. Fetch route
2. Convert to gpx
3. Store on device

Download
Get it from here: map2navi

After downloading, make the script executable:
chmod a+x map2navi

Information

• This software is beta, use at your own risk!
• Language: Bash shell script
• Required tools are: GPSBabel, wget
• Most likely you need to update the following settings in the program (below "Settings"):
  • GPS_TYPE: GPS Device, as supported by gpsbabel
  • GPS_PORT: Port where your GPS device is connected to
    For example /dev/ttyUSB0 for first USB, or /dev/ttyS0 for first serial Link

Usage
map2navi  [-h|--help] [-V|--version] route_name {'url'|file.gpx}

• route_name: Name of the resulting route on the GPS
• url: Google Maps URL from the "Link" button; Don't forget to quote this URL
• file.gpx: GPX file containing a track (called "Route", must end in .gpx)
• -h|--help: Help screen
• -V|--version: Print program version and exit

Third Party Tools

GPS Babel

Convert, upload and download data from GPS and Map programs

GPS Correlate

Fills EXIF fields of digital photos related to GPS information, so you can automatically place your images on a map (e.g.)