Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:13:40 -0800
From: Bill Crooke (bill@thecrookes.com)
To: svlug@lists.svlug.org
Subject: Re: [svlug] VDQ : Is there a least vile MS-OS??

If you are looking for open source GPS programs that run on Linux, I use the following:

GPS Drive
http://www.kraftvoll.at/software/
Has great interface with maps, but can't upload/download routes and waypoints.

GPS Babel
http://www.gpsbabel.org/
Great for upload/download of routes and waypoints. Also translates to many different formats. Works with Garmin or Magellan.

GPSMan
http://www.ncc.up.pt/gpsman/wGPSMan.html
Great for editing tracks, routes, and waypoints. Also can upload/download to Garmin.

Bill Crooke

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:28:14 -0800
From: Ian Kluft (ikluft@thunder.sbay.org)
To: Beartooth (beartooth@adelphia.net)
Cc: svlug@lists.svlug.org
Subject: Re: GPS on linux (was: [svlug] VDQ : Is there a least...)

Garmin published their protocol. So it has made them very popular among Open Source software developers. I can't even begin to list the number of programs which can talk to a Garmin GPS. But if you assumed they weren't out there, it's time to look again. Here are a few:

http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=garmin§ion=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&exact=1&words=garmin

Using someone else's gpstrans program to download data, I made an Open Source program called "rideplot" which can plot a track from my Garmin GPS into a PNG image.