

Much of the power of GPSBabel is masked by the graphical user interfaces, however. GUI wrapper for GPSBabel, gpsbabelfront, under Microsoft Windows You must ensure that the gpsbabel program is in your path before starting guibabel.įigure 5-4 shows the Windows version of GPSBabel, set up to read waypoints from a Garmin GPS via the serial port, com1, and save them to the GPX format file named waypoint.gpx.įigure 5-4. There are GUI wrappers for GPSBabel for each platform. Under Linux, download the source package, decompress it, and run make.ĥ.7.1. For Windows and OS X, download the package and decompress the files.
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There are binary packages available for Windows and Mac OS X. GPSBabel is available for Macintosh, Windows, and *NIX at. A big use is to read waypoints and tracklogs from your GPS unit and save them in the GPX format that can be used by many of the hacks in this book. You can set up a route that you plan to travel and then have GPSBabel load your GPS with all of the geocaches that were near your planned route. You can also merge multiple files, while checking for duplicates, and filter waypoints based on their distance from a point or a route.

GPSBabel allows you to convert data to different formats and transfer it between different GPS units and your computer. Your tracklog and waypoint data is available in too many darn formats. Too many formats! Use the Swiss Army Chainsaw of tracklog and waypoint tools to convert between different formats and to read and write to your GPS. Hack 51 Speak in Geotongues GPSBabel to the Rescue
