On Wednesday 20 February 2008 12:49:52 Andy Allan wrote: > On Feb 20, 2008 12:42 PM, ael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > This is my first effort, using a borrowed eTrex. I have my first track > > > on the gps, and have bought a RS232 to USB interface as my laptop > > > doesn't have a serial port. My OS is Linux. > > > > > :-) > > : > > > I have set the interface to NMEA OUT - I think someone told me this was > > > best, but I can't find where I read it. > > > > No. Set it to Garmin. > > > > I suggest that you install gpsbabel - that will enable you to collect > > tracks etc with a command like > > gpsbabel -t -i garmin -f /dev/ttyS1 -o gpx -F track.gpx > > There's a nice little script on the wiki to wrap around gpsbabel and > makes things more userfriendly: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/How_to_get_data_from_a_Geko_201#For >_Linux > > I used to use it until I got an SD card for my Venture Cx. > Hmm - I have just one .gpx file, and it looks as though it is listing points (I've only seen it in a text editor so far). I used
gpsbabel -t -i garmin -f /dev/ttyUSB0 -o gpx -F track1.gpx to get the file. The script for Gecko seems to run two separate commands, one with -t and one with -i. Should I do that instead of the existing one? Anne
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