[GRASSLIST:9092] Re: OFT: gpsbabel and usb serial adapter

[Hamish]

> > does anyone has been able to download and uplod data from a garmin
> > etrex connected to the laptop by a usb serial port adapter???
> > I have tried with gpsbabel, but without success
> 
> I have done this with "GPSman" on my laptop.  THe nice thing about
> GPSman is  that with the "gpsmanshp"  plugin you can get it to export
> the tracks, routes, and waypoints directly to shapefile for input into
> a GIS.
> 
> GPSman can be had at http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/
> and gpsmanshp is at http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsmanshp/
> 
> Hope that helps.


you could also try gpstrans.   http://gpstrans.sourceforge.net/
simple, but it works.



Hamish

ps - check your device names.  Can you connect with gpsd?