GPSBabel#
Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:32:20 +0000
GPSBabel is a free software command line application that can talk to many GPS devices (including my Forerunner 305), and convert a zillion GPS data file formats to and from each other. Relevant points for my use
- the gpx format is XML-based: GPS's "lingua franca" for tracks, routes and waypoints, but does not support HR data
- the garmin301 format is a very simple CSV format for track data: timestamp, lat, lng, alt, hr.
- the gtrncntr format is a partial implementation of the Garmin Training Center XML format. It does support heart rate, but the files that gpsbabel exports are in other respects presently a bit noddy.