[gdal-dev] NMEA files

[Even Rouault]

On dimanche 29 novembre 2020 22:45:59 CET Paul Harwood wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am asking just in case someone has solved this problem already.
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to load NMEA format GPS data as OGR points in
> GDAL?

Yes, through the GPSBabel driver
( https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/gpsbabel.html ) provided the gpsbabel 
executable is accessible through the PATH.

$ echo '$GPGGA,194546.127,5231.525,N,01323.391,E,1,12,1.0,0.0,M,0.0,M,,*6E
$GPGSA,A,3,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,1.0,1.0,1.0*30
$GPRMC,194546.127,A,5231.525,N,01323.391,E,2372.1,093.7,200220,000.0,W*40
$GPGGA,194547.127,5231.456,N,01324.467,E,1,12,1.0,0.0,M,0.0,M,,*63
$GPGSA,A,3,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,1.0,1.0,1.0*30
$GPRMC,194547.127,A,5231.456,N,01324.467,E,3968.7,122.8,200220,000.0,W*4F
$GPGGA,194548.127,5230.657,N,01325.713,E,1,12,1.0,0.0,M,0.0,M,,*6F
$GPGSA,A,3,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,1.0,1.0,1.0*30
$GPRMC,194548.127,A,5230.657,N,01325.713,E,3968.7,122.8,200220,000.0,W*43' > 
test.nmea

$ ogrinfo test.nmea
INFO: Open of `test.nmea'
      using driver `GPSBabel' successful.
1: tracks (Multi Line String)
2: track_points (Point)


Even

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