[GRASS-user] gpsbabel and garmin_txt, v.in.garmin, v.in.gpsbabel - with garmin etrex

[Philipp Steigenberger]

The gpsbabelproblem is solved. I attach the correspondence. 
Neverthelesss I still hope for answers of the GRASS-related questions.


> Robert Lipe schrieb:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Philipp Steigenberger 
>> <userlist at online.de <mailto:userlist at online.de>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     cause I read in
>>     http://www.gpsbabel.org/htmldoc-development/fmt_garmin_txt.html
>>     that one can specify a grid-parameter:
>>
>>
>> Note that big green box that says " This is the README file from the 
>> GPSBabel distribution. It may or may not match what is installed on your 
>> system. For the best match, be sure to use the documentation for 
>> specific version of GPSBabel that you are using."
>>
>>
>>
>>     GPSBabel Version: 1.3.2
>>
>>
>> Grid was added after 1.3.2.
>> 

 > Philipp Steigenberger schrieb:
 > Im sorry,
 > i'm not a native speaker, so sometimes I try to read only the
 > "important" things .... (but they weren't important enough)
 >
 > well thanx for the hint.
 >
 > This minutes I already tried to install the newest version using the
 > .rpm and alien -i
 > but when I type gpsbabel [--help] I only get the mesage
 >
 >  >> Floating point exception <<
 >
 > Do I have to install something else?
 >
 > best regards
 > Philipp

> Robert Lipe schrieb:
>>
>>     This minutes I already tried to install the newest version using the
>>     .rpm and alien -i
>>     but when I type gpsbabel [--help] I only get the mesage
>>
>>      >> Floating point exception <<
>>
>>     Do I have to install something else?
>>
>>
>> The binary distribution is for Fedora. Users of Suse or Debian-based 
>> distributions like Ubuntu would be best served by |rpmbuild --rebuild 
>> whatever.rpm' | on the source rpm.
>>
>>
>> Or forgo the rpm completely and build from source.
>>  

> Philipp Steigenberger schrieb:
 > I installed it by using the tar.gz and make,  make install.
 > Fisrt I got some problems, but after a restart of the bash it works very
 > well.
 > Thank you
 > om shantih
 > Philipp
 >
 >




> [...]
> Finally I want to project the data in Gauss-Krueger-Projection 
> (Transversal-Mercator).
> 
> I know that GRASS contains v.in.gpsbabel and v.in.garmin. Its very nice 
> that I get the data immediatley in Gauss-Krueger-coordinates. But using 
> this tools it doesn't work to import altitude-data and other 
> informations as well.
> 
> Is there a posibility to get Gauss-Krueger-Data just by using gpsbabel?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Between the ++++ I pasted the outputs of different attempts of 
> v.in.garmin and v.in.gpsbael.  Jump to the END if you want to save 
> time!!! ;)
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> v.in.garmin port=/dev/ttyUSB0 -t -p out=vingarmin_gpstrans_tracks
> GPStrans (ASCII) - Version 0.39
> Copyright (c) 1995 by Carsten Tschach (tschach at zedat.fu-berlin.de)
> Linux/KKJ mods by     Janne Sinkkonen <janne at iki.fi> (1996)
> Copyright (c) 2000 German Grid by Andreas Lange 
> <andreas.lange at rhein-main.de>
> Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Mayko-mXmap mods by Matthias Kattanek 
> <mattes at ugraf.com>
> Copyright (c) 2001 Development by Joao Seabra-CT2GNL <seabra at ci.AAC.uc.pt>
> Receiving Tracks...
> ERROR: Only DDD coordinates currently supported. [DMS]
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> v.in.garmin port=/dev/ttyUSB0 -t -p -u  out=vingarmin_gardump_tracks
> Receiving Tracks...
> 
> gardump: unknown track packet type: 0
> Attempting waypoint projection transform with cs2cs...
> Importing Track as points...
> ...
> Building topology for vector map <vingarmin_gardump_tracks>...
> 6792 primitives registered
> Building areas:  100%
> 
> --->  with v.out.ascii I get this format:
> 4416848.824221|5359764.2067414|25 #id=25
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> v.in.garmin port=/dev/ttyUSB0 -t -p -u -z  out=vingarmin_gardump_tracks_z
> Receiving Tracks...
> ...
> gardump: unknown track packet type: 0
> --> WARNING: No altitude data found, creating 2D vector map <--
> Attempting waypoint projection transform with cs2cs...
> and so on...
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> v.in.gpsbabel in=/dev/ttyUSB0 -t -p output=vingpsbabel_tracks
> Loading Tracks as points from </dev/ttyUSB0>...
> Attempting waypoint projection transform with cs2cs
> ...
> Building topology for vector map <vingpsbabel_tracks>...
> 6792 primitives registered
> Building areas:  100%
> --->  with v.out.ascii I get this format:
> 4416846.9562442|5359757.9513647|26 #id=26
> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> v.in.gpsbabel in=/dev/ttyUSB0 -t -p output=vingpsbabel_tracks_ddd 
> for=garmin_txt,grid=ddd
> Loading Tracks as points from </dev/ttyUSB0>...
> 'grid=ddd' is an unknown option to garmin_txt.
> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> v.in.gpsbabel in=/dev/ttyUSB0 -t -p output=vingpsbabel_tracks_ddd 
> for=garmin_txt
> Loading Tracks as points from </dev/ttyUSB0>...
> Quit
> 
> Does not do anything...
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> END
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The solution I get for me is to connect the output of v.out.ascii and 
> also the output of gpsbabel (both have 6792 points) paste them together, 
> use awk and so on and import it enentually with v.in.ascii -z
> 
> But this cannot be the final solution... can it????
>