GPSBabel converts GPS waypoints, tracks and routes between a huge range of file formats, receivers and mapping applications. Its purpose is to remove the barriers created by incompatible GPS formats, making it possible to move geographical data between hardware and software that would otherwise be unable to exchange it.
The program provides both command-line and graphical interfaces. It is useful for simple format conversion, but its processing pipeline can also manipulate data while it is being converted. This makes GPSBabel suitable for interactive desktop use, scripts and server-side processing.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Reads and writes a large collection of GPS, mapping, activity and geographical data formats.
- Handles waypoints, tracks and routes as separate data types.
- Supports widely used formats including GPX, KML, FIT, NMEA, CSV and ESRI Shapefile.
- Communicates with supported GPS receivers and data loggers as well as processing ordinary files.
- Filters can remove duplicate points or unreliable positions with excessive HDOP or VDOP values.
- Can simplify routes and tracks to reduce the number of points while retaining their useful shape.
- Interpolates additional points and can manipulate recorded altitude information.
- Transforms waypoints, tracks and routes from one data type into another.
- Can reverse routes, sort waypoints and select points according to geographical position or distance.
- Supports processing pipelines in which filters are applied between input and output stages.
- Provides a graphical interface for users who do not want to construct command-line conversion operations manually.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: www.gpsbabel.org
Support:
Developer: Robert Lipe, Alex Mottram, Olaf Klein, Ronald L. Parker and many other contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
GPSBabel is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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