Convert a GPS file with GPS Babel

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GPS Babel is a freeware program that converts GPS data from one format to another. You can download it and run it on almost any computer, but its command-line interface requires some getting used to -- so I've created this on-line gateway that lets you access a copy of gpsbabel running on GPSVisualizer.com. Of course, you can't use this page to communicate with your GPS receiver -- and a few of GPS Babel's more advanced options (filters and custom XCSV files) aren't included.

NOTE: For many input formats -- including GPX, OziExplorer, Geocaching.com LOC, Garmin Forerunner, Cetus GPS, IGC, and more (including some that GPS Babel can't read, like NetStumbler binary files) -- you can also convert your GPS files to plain text, GPX, or Google Earth KML with GPS Visualizer's conversion tool. My utility has these advantages: a simpler interface; the ability to add estimated speed, course, slope, and/or distance fields; and CSV or tab-delimited text output which is much more user-friendly than GPS Babel's. (My GPS file converter can also read human-created plain-text input files much more readily than GPS Babel.)

Google Earth: To convert files to KML/KMZ for Google Earth, you might want to try GPS Visualizer's Google Earth input form, which has more options than GPSBabel.

Please contact me if you can help translate the GPS Babel interface into another language (e.g. ).

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