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GPSBABEL GPX TO KML ANDROID

You'll still get NMEA data, just it doesn't contain $GPRMC position data. However, the Android application I use on my smartphone only supports KML. If you're indoors and haven't warm-started your GPS receiver, you may never get a fix. 2,000+), run your route through GPS Babel to trim it down to a more reasonable size. These results were tested and generated on a Raspberry Pi running latest Raspbian, with gpsd reading from a Pharos GPS-500 on /dev/ttyUSB0.ĭoes your GPS have a satellite fix? Check with cgps/xgps, and see that the Status is at least '2D Fix'. In general, GPSBabels KML writer is relatively strong. For long routes or routes with a lot of points (e.g. You can make it with: gpsbabel -i nmea -f test3.nmea -o gpx -F test3.gpx If you want something that Google Earth can still read, but has cleaner metadata, I'd recommend GPX. You can convert this to KML using gpsbabel: gpsbabel -i nmea -f test3.nmea -o kml -F test3.kmlĮach of the points includes a timestamp, f'rinstance:

Selecting GPX XML will save it in the GPX format. When translating such a GPX file to KML, this information seems to be lost. Next, select the kind of file you want the GPS data saved in the Output section using the dropdown selection.

WStream2Ridge.kml' Strm2Ridge To be accepted by MapSource, I had to remove the un-paired. GPX files created by OSMAnd+ contain tags, which are used to categorise bookmarks and set colours, etc.

To output just NMEA sentences from gpspipe, this is what worked for me: gpspipe -r | grep '^\$G' | tee test3.nmea Subject: Re: Gpsbabel-misc GPX to KML: custom icons (symbols) Hi Steve, while I agree that not many people would go to trouble creating their own custom icons I think quite a few people would like to see standard Garmin icons when they open their waypoints in GE.

Gpspipe -r should produce clean NMEA data, but the version provided with Raspbian adds some JSON noise at the start that really doesn't belong.