[GRASS-user] v.in.gpsbabel problem

[Mike Dvorak]

I should also mention that v.in.gpsbabel works just fine for waypoints,
but not tracks.  This is the command that I was trying to run:

% v.in.gpsbabel input=/dev/cu.KeySerial1 output=prospect_park_r9
format=garmin -t

Cheers,
-Mike

Mike Dvorak wrote:
> Dear GRASS users,
> 
> I'm having a problem with v.in.gpsbabel for GRASS-6.1 (cvs, 24 Jun 2006)
> on OS X.  The "gpsbabel" command fails with a syntax error initially,
> which leads to all kinds of other errors in the script.  I tried copying
> over the latest script version from CVS and it v.in.gpsbabel script
> fails in the same way.  Here's the first part of the failing output:
> 
> Uploading Tracks from GPS
> 'style=/Applications/Grass/grass61cvs.app/Contents/Resources/grass-6.1.cvs/etc/grass_write_ascii.style'
> is an unknown option to gpx.
> /Applications/Grass/grass61cvs.app/Contents/Resources/grass-6.1.cvs/scripts/v.in.gpsbabel.r3:
> line 459: ((: OFFSET=117-: syntax error: operand expected (error token
> is "-")
> tail: option requires an argument -- n
> usage: tail [-F | -f | -r] [-b # | -c # | -n #] [file ...]
> /Applications/Grass/grass61cvs.app/Contents/Resources/grass-6.1.cvs/scripts/v.in.gpsbabel.r3:
> line 459: ((: OFFSET=132-: syntax error: operand expected (error token
> is "-")
> tail: option requires an argument -- n
> usage: tail [-F | -f | -r] [-b # | -c # | -n #] [file ...]
> Attempting waypoint projection transform with cs2cs
> Importing with v.in.ascii
> Building topology ...
> Registering lines:
> 3 primitives registered
> Building areas:
> v.in.gpsbabel.r3: line vector "prospect_park_r6 at PERMANENT" successfully
> created
> Creating new table..
> Populating table with attributes..
> DBMI-DBF driver error:
> SQL parser error in statement:
> INSERT INTO prospect_park_r6 VALUES (1, ' ',  ,  , ' ',  , )
> 
> 
> I should also mention that I had to replace the "stat -c%s..." command
> with "stat -fz..." to get it working on OS X too.  Can anyone help me
> with this?  I'm trying to get a demo working for an open source GIS talk
> I'm giving in a couple of weeks at the HOPE6 conference.  I wish that I
> had a Linux box available to me, but unfortunately that's not the case.
> 
> Cheers,
> -Mike
> 
> 
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