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===== Connecting the Device ===== | ===== Connecting the Device ===== | ||
- | When a GPS device is connected to the computer, it becomes recognized as a USB device by udev and the module garmin_gps is loaded. In most cases the module will not work for us. Fortunately gpsbabel comes with its own drivers so the module garmin_gps is not needed. | + | When a GPS device is connected to the computer, it becomes recognized as a USB device by udev and the module garmin_gps is loaded. In most cases the module will not work for us. Fortunately gpsbabel comes with its own drivers so the module garmin_gps is not needed. |
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As an example here is the code which transfers a gpx waypoint file to a Garmin GPS device. | As an example here is the code which transfers a gpx waypoint file to a Garmin GPS device. | ||
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+ | ===== Exporting Data from the Device ===== | ||
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+ | In case of a GPS sport watch, the most important operation is extracting tracks from the device, usually in a gpx format. | ||
+ | Here is an example to extract all the tracks saved in the device to a single gpx file (using GPX format version 1.1): | ||
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+ | To extract to file $FILEOUT a single gpx track with name $TRACKNAME from a global gpx file $FILEIN containing all tracks: | ||
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+ | The extracted gpx track can then be further processed by other sw, such as ZombieTrackerGPS, | ||
===== Further Reading ===== | ===== Further Reading ===== | ||
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