NAME

       v.in.gpsbabel   -  Import  waypoints,  routes, and tracks from a GPS receiver or GPS download file into a
       vector map.

KEYWORDS

       vector, import, GPS

SYNOPSIS

       v.in.gpsbabel
       v.in.gpsbabel help
       v.in.gpsbabel   [-vwrtpk]     [input=string]      [output=string]      [format=string]      [proj=string]
       [--overwrite]  [--verbose]  [--quiet]

   Flags:
       -v
           Verbose mode

       -w
           Import waypoints

       -r
           Import routes

       -t
           Import track

       -p
           Force vertices of track or route data as points

       -k
           Do not attempt projection transform from WGS84

       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

   Parameters:
       input=string
           Device or file used to import data
           Default: /dev/gps

       output=string
           Name for output vector map (omit for display to stdout)

       format=string
           Format of GPS input data (use gpsbabel supported formats)
           Default: garmin

       proj=string
           Projection of input data (PROJ.4 style), if not set Lat/Lon WGS84 is assumed

DESCRIPTION

       v.in.gpsbabel  allows  the  user  to  import waypoint, route, and track data from a locally connected GPS
       receiver or a text file containing GPS data of many common formats. Translation is done via the  GPSBabel
       program.

       This software is not intended as a primary means of navigation.

NOTES

       v.in.gpsbabel  automatically  reprojects data using the projection settings of the current location.  The
       default input data projection is lat/lon WGS84. If your GPS outputs data using another projection or  map
       datum,  you  may  include  the  PROJ.4  parameters  defining  your  projection  in  the  proj  option and
       v.in.gpsbabel will reproject your data accordingly.  Great care must be taken  to  get  these  parameters
       correct!   The  automatic  transform  may  be skipped by using the -k flag in which case the data will be
       imported unprojected, as it appears in the input.

       Route and Track data may be uploaded as a series of points by using the -p flag, otherwise they  will  be
       imported as lines. You can run v.in.gpsbabel multiple times and merge the line and point vectors with the
       v.patch command if you want, but take care when merging dissimilar attribute tables.

EXAMPLES

   GPS device connected via USB adapter
       Import waypoints, tracks, routes from /dev/ttyUSB0 and save to a GRASS vector map:
       v.in.gpsbabel -w input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=waypoints
       v.in.gpsbabel -t input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=tracks
       v.in.gpsbabel -r input=/dev/ttyUSB0 format=garmin output=routes

   GPS device connected via serial adapter
       Import  waypoint  data  from  a  Garmin  GPS connected at /dev/ttyS0 and save to a GRASS vector map named
       waypoints:
       v.in.gpsbabel -w input=/dev/ttyS0 format=garmin output=waypoints

   Import track data from a GPX
       Import track data from a GPX text file and save to a GRASS vector map named tracks.
       v.in.gpsbabel -t input=gpslog.gpx format=gpx output=tracks

   Import route data from GPS connected at /dev/gps
       Import route data as a series of points from a Garmin GPS connected at  /dev/gps  and  save  to  a  GRASS
       vector map named routePoints:
       v.in.gpsbabel -r -p file=/dev/gps format=garmin output=routePoints

SEE ALSO

        db.execute, v.in.ascii, v.in.garmin, v.db.connect, v.patch gpsbabel from gpsbabel.org
       cs2cs from PROJ.4

AUTHORS

       Claudio Porta and Lucio Davide Spano, students of Computer Science at University of Pisa (Italy).
       Commission from Faunalia Pontedera (PI)
       Based on v.in.garmin for GRASS 6.0 by Hamish Bowman
       and v.in.garmin.sh for GRASS 5 by Andreas Lange

       Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 01:42:51 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $

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GRASS 6.4.3                                                                                v.in.gpsbabel(1grass)