[GRASS-user] v.in.gpsbabel-2

[Hamish]

Bulent wrote:
> I am back with another issue, again ' v.in.gpsbabel' module!
> My GPS unit records data in UTM projection with WGS84 datum. I
> just attempted to import the waypoints into GRASS using a
> Garmin MapSource text (tab delimited) file.


$ gpsbabel --help | grep -i garmin
        garmin301             Garmin 301 Custom position and heartrate
        glogbook              Garmin Logbook XML
        gdb                   Garmin MapSource - gdb
        mapsource             Garmin MapSource - mps
        garmin_txt            Garmin MapSource - txt (tab delimited)
        pcx                   Garmin PCX5
        garmin_poi            Garmin POI database
        garmin                Garmin serial/USB protocol
        gtrnctr               Garmin Training Centerxml


try the "garmin_txt" format.

also if it is just tab delimited you can use v.in.ascii with the appropriate number of skip lines and column numbers. that's a lot
more robust than the gpsbabel method.


> I did not check -k flag (do not transform from WGS84).

that means lat/lon wgs84 by the way, not just the wgs84 datum.


Hamish