[OSM-talk] Which track logging software

[Andy Robinson]

Thinking about NMEA files, obviously we could lower the entry barrier a bit
for some users if NMEA format files could be converted to GPX by the server
rather than being converted by the user to GPX before they upload. The
process of taking a log file and converting it to GPX is fine for those who
wish to spend the time obtaining and learning GPSBabel but it is an
additional hurdle for getting trackpoint data into OSM which could be
eliminated if the GPSBabel engine was running on the server. Obviously other
file formats in addition to NMEA could be covered in the same way. It would
also be a good way of spitting problem files back to the GPSBabel crew to
see why they did not convert.

Cheers

Andy


Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Erik Johansson
>Sent: 10 August 2006 14:09
>To: Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Which track logging software
>
>On 8/10/06, Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)
>> > Can the GPX format represent this information?
>>
>> Not really, but we can try using internal expansions to make use of this.
>But
>> anyhow I would really keep the nmea files.
>
>But it would be nice to beable to upload GPX files with that data to
>OSM as well. So either allowing upload of nmea files or using the
>extension/comment  tag too tuck in the extra $GPGSV data.
>
>--
>/Erik
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