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17 Best Free and Open Source Linux GPS Tools

October 14, 2026 Steve Emms Roundup, Scientific

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation satellite system consisting of a network of satellites.

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osmin – GPS navigator for on-road and off-road use

September 24, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

osmin is an open source GPS navigator for Android and Linux with offline maps, road routing, GPX support, tracking and POI tools.

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Navigation

gpx.studio – create and edit GPX files online

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

gpx.studio is an online GPX editor for creating, viewing and modifying routes, with routing, elevation, merging, splitting and map tools.

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Navigation

PyGPSClient – graphical GNSS and GPS testing tool

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

PyGPSClient is a graphical GNSS and GPS testing, configuration and diagnostic tool with NTRIP, logging, mapping and receiver support.

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7 Best Free and Open Source Photo Geotagging Tools

July 18, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, Roundup

This article picks the finest photo geotagging tools. All of the software featured are free and open source goodness.

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GPS

AAT Activity Tracker – GPS-tracking application

September 18, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

AAT is a GPS-tracking application for tracking sportive activities, with an emphasis on cycling.

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OpenCPN – marine chartplotter and navigation software

May 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

OpenCPN is a marine chartplotter with GPS and AIS support, route planning, charts, tides, currents, weather data and a large plugin system.

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MyTourbook – visualize and analyze tours

November 5, 2024 Steve Emms Other

MyTourbook lets you visualize and analyze tours which are recorded by a GPS device, bike- or exercise computer and ergometer.

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Geotagging – photography geotagging tool

October 24, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Geotagging matches JPEG photos with GPX tracks, corrects camera clock offsets, and lets you adjust GPS positions on an interactive map.

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GPS

Satellite – display GNSS reception information

October 23, 2024 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Satellite displays GNSS reception data from NMEA sources, including signal strength, coordinates and speed, and can record GPX tracks.

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GPS

ZombieTrackerGPS – fitness and GPS track manager designed for KDE

October 21, 2024 Steve Emms Scientific

ZombieTrackerGPS (ZTGPS) can manage collections of GPS tracks from biking, hiking, rafting, light aircraft, and many other activities.

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GPS

Open Cache Manager – manage your geocaches

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

Open Cache Manager is an easy to use program for managing your geocaches, with the goal of being the Linux equivalent to GSAK.

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GPS

Navit – car navigation system with routing engine

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Navit is a car navigation system with offline vector maps, its own routing engine, GPS input, spoken directions and touchscreen interfaces.

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GPS

QMapShack – plan and analyse GPS tracks and routes

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

QMapShack plans and analyses GPS tracks, routes and waypoints with raster and vector maps, elevation data, routing and device support.

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GPS

GPSBabel – GPS data conversion and transfer

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

GPSBabel converts and filters waypoints, tracks and routes across a huge range of GPS file formats, receivers and mapping applications.

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GPS

Traccar – GPS tracking platform

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific, Web Apps

Traccar is a self-hosted GPS tracking platform with live device monitoring, geofences, reports, notifications, sensors and a REST API.

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GPS

FoxtrotGPS – GPS/GIS application designed for small screens

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms Scientific

FoxtrotGPS is a GTK+ based mapping and GPS application. It’s typically used to show a moving map showing your position in real time.

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GPS

gpsd – GPS, GNSS and AIS service daemon

October 22, 2023 Erik Karlsson Scientific

gpsd shares data from GPS, GNSS, AIS and related sensors with multiple applications through a uniform interface and client libraries.

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GPS

GPXSee – GPS log, activity and map viewer

October 22, 2023 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

GPXSee views and analyses GPS logs, activity files, maps and geotagged media with track graphs, sensor data and real-time GPS positioning.

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GPS

MOBAC – create offline map atlases

October 22, 2023 Erik Karlsson GUI, Scientific

MOBAC creates offline map atlases from online and custom map sources for navigation apps and GPS devices, with tile caching and map export.

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