Bulent Arikan wrote: > I am running 6.5 svn on Snow Leopard. I am trying to import > points and tracks from a Garmin device (connected via USB). > Using GPS Babel (v 1.4.1 for Mac), I prepared several files > (.txt, .gdb, and .gpi) and tried to import these using > v.in.gpsbabel (UTM wgs84 location) –k flag checked–. I am > getting this error message: > > ERROR: The gpsbabel program was not found, please install it > first.http://gpsbabel.sourceforge.net > As silly as it sounds, I am not sure if GPS Babel needs > installing. After the download, a disk image appeared and double > clicking launched the program (i.e., the window that retrieves > data from the device and writes files). I did not install > anything because it launched and it seems to be working (i.e., > it writes files). I may be skipping some steps, so I will > appreciate any suggestions.
the program needs to be in the system's search PATH in order for GRASS to be able to find it. Open a Terminal and type "echo $PATH" to see what that is. You might try to copy the 'gpsbabel' executable into /usr/local/bin/ and see if it finds it then. If you can type "gpsbabel" at a Terminal and have it produce its help message / list of options, you're in business. Hamish _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
