Debian GIS Project
Summary
GPS
GPS related programs

Set of Debian packages which are dealing with GPS devices and data.

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Debian GIS GPS packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

foxtrotgps
GTK+ mapping and GPS application
Maintainer: Paul Wise
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foxtrotGPS is a map and GPS application. By default, it uses maps from OpenStreetMap. The available features include downloading and displaying tiled maps, recording GPS tracks, automatic map centering, storing points of interest, geocoding photos, setting waypoints, monitoring heartrate via Bluetooth, planning travel routes and finding travel routes using external services on the Internet based on OpenStreetMap.

gpsbabel
GPS file conversion plus transfer to/from GPS units
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GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to another, whether that format is a common mapping format like Delorme, Streets and Trips, or even a serial upload or download to a GPS unit such as those from Garmin and Magellan.

GPSBabel supports dozens of data formats and will be useful for tasks such as geocaching, mapping, and converting from one GPS unit to another. Among the interesting formats it supports are several GPS devices via a serial link, various PDA-based mapping programs, and various Geocaching data formats.

Among others GPSBabel supports the following formats:

CSV, Custom CSV DNA, EasyGPS Binary, Fugawi, Garmin serial, Geocaching.com loc, GPSDrive, GPX, Holux, IGC, Magellan serial, Magellan SD, Mapopolis.Com Mapconverter, Mapsource, Maptech, Microsoft Streets and Trips, NIMA/GNIS Geographic Names, NMEA sentences, OziExplorer, Tab-separated data, Topo by National Geographic, xcsv

gpsd
Global Positioning System - daemon
Maintainer: Boian Bonev
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The gpsd service daemon can monitor one or more GPS devices connected to a host computer, making all data on the location and movements of the sensors available to be queried on TCP port 2947.

With gpsd, multiple GPS client applications can share access to devices without contention or loss of data. Also, gpsd responds to queries with a format that is substantially easier to parse than the different standards emitted by GPS devices.

This also includes common tools ubxtool and gpsctl for device configuration of the local hardware as well as a ntpshmmon to check generated refclock data.

gpsd-clients
Global Positioning System - clients
Maintainer: Boian Bonev
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The gpsd service daemon can monitor one or more GPS devices connected to a host computer, making all data on the location and movements of the sensors available to be queried on TCP port 2947.

This package contains auxiliary tools and example clients for monitoring, testing, latency-profiling, device configuration and simulating gpsd.

gpsman
GPS data graphical manager
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GPS Manager (GPSMan) is a graphical manager of GPS data that makes possible the preparation, inspection and edition of GPS data in a friendly environment. GPSMan supports communication and real-time logging with both Garmin and Lowrance receivers and accepts real-time logging information in NMEA 0183 from any GPS receiver.

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gpstrans
communicate via serial port with a Garmin GPS receiver
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GPStrans allows a user with a Garmin GPS receiver to upload and download waypoints, routes, almanac (satellite orbit elements), and track routes.

gpx2shp
把 GPS 或 GPX 文件转换成 ESRI 图形文件
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把 GPS 或 GPX 文件转换成 ESRI 图形文件。包括 gps2shp 和 gpx2shp 两个工具。 当使用诸如 qgis 或 GRASS 之类的 GIS 工具收集 GPS 点的时候,这些工具非常有 用。

marble
globe and map widget
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Marble is a generic geographical map widget and framework for KDE applications. The Marble widget shows the earth as a sphere but does not require hardware acceleration. A minimal set of geographical data is included, so it can be used without an internet connection.

This package is part of the KDE education module.

mtkbabel
Tool for managing i-Blue 747 and compatible GPS data loggers
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MTKBabel is a command line program to operate the i-Blue 747 GPS data logger. It should work also with other GPS devices based on the MediaTek MTK chipset. For instance the Holux M-241 GPS data logger, the Holux M-1200E, as well as the 747 A+ GPS Trip Recorder, are also known to work.

The main features are:

  • Command line interface
  • Save data log in GPX and raw binary format
  • If required retrieve all the data, also the old one being overlapped
  • Change logging criteria: time, distance, speed
  • Change log format
  • START/STOP logging
  • Set OVERLAP or STOP method on memory full
  • Erase the internal memory
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navit
Car navigation system with routing engine
Maintainer: Gilles Filippini
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Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.

Its modular design is capable of using vector maps of various formats for routing and rendering of the displayed map. It's even possible to use multiple maps at a time.

The GTK+ or SDL user interfaces are designed to work well with touch screen displays. Points of Interest of various formats are displayed on the map.

The current vehicle position is either read from gpsd or directly from NMEA GPS sensors.

The routing engine not only calculates an optimal route to your destination, but also generates directions and even speaks to you using speech-dispatcher.

The Debian packaging for navit doesn't provide any map. To see, where you can get maps from, see http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Main_Page#Maps.

navit-gui-gtk
Car navigation system with routing engine - GTK+ GUI
Maintainer: Gilles Filippini
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Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.

Its modular design is capable of using vector maps of various formats for routing and rendering of the displayed map. It's even possible to use multiple maps at a time.

The GTK+ or SDL user interfaces are designed to work well with touch screen displays. Points of Interest of various formats are displayed on the map.

The current vehicle position is either read from gpsd or directly from NMEA GPS sensors.

The routing engine not only calculates an optimal route to your destination, but also generates directions and even speaks to you using speech-dispatcher.

This package contains the GTK+ GUI plugin.

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obdgpslogger
suite of tools to log OBDII and GPS data
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OBDII is a standard for getting diagnostic information from your car. The main tool, obdgpslogger, is a command-line tool to log that data, with your gps position, to a sqlite database. Provided alongside are various tools used to convert logs to formats such as CSV or Google Earth KML. Also contained in the package is an OBDII and ELM327 simulator, obdsim, that uses plugins to generate data.

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openbmap-logger
??? missing short description for package openbmap-logger :-(
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qlandkartegt
??? missing short description for package qlandkartegt :-(
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qmapshack
GPS mapping (GeoTiff and vector) and GPSr management
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This package provides a versatile tool for GPS maps in GeoTiff format as well as Garmin's img vector map format. You can also view and edit your GPX tracks. QMapShack is the successor of QLandkarteGT.

Main features:

  • Use of several workspaces.
  • Use several maps on a workspace.
  • Handle data project-oriented.
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Official Debian packages with lower relevance

gpscorrelate
批量更新照片的 GPS 信息(命令行工具)
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gpscorrelate 用于更新数码照片中与 GPS 信息(如纬度、经度、海拔)相关的 EXIF (可交换 图像文件)栏目。这种更新操作称为“关联”。

您所需要输入的数据是一系列 JPEG 图片和要关联的 GPS 数据(以 GPX 格式编码)。

如果在拍摄照片的时候(1 秒内)就已经能够获取对应的 GPS 数据,则 GPS 数据会直接存入对应的 EXIF 栏。否则,您得使用拍摄之前或之后的 GPS 数据来补充。

我们已经同时提供了一个命令行工具(gpscorrelate)和一个 GTK+ 的图形界面工具 (gpscorrelate-gui)。

该软件包包含的是命令行工具和 HTML 格式的文档。

gpscorrelate-gui
correlates digital photos with GPS data filling EXIF fields (GUI)
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gpscorrelate fills EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) fields of digital photos related to GPS (Global Positioning System) information (e.g.: GPSLatitude, GPSLongitude, GPSAltitude, ...). The act of filling those fields is referred to as "correlation".

Inputs of the correlation process are a set of JPEG images and GPS data encoded in GPX (GPS Exchange Format) format.

If GPS data are available at the precise moment the photo was taken (with a 1-second granularity) the GPS data are stored unmodified in EXIF fields. If they are not linear interpolation of GPS data available at moments before and after the photo was taken can be used.

Both a command line tool (package gpscorrelate) and a GTK+ graphical user interface for it (package gpscorrelate-gui) are provided.

This package contains the GTK+ graphical user interface.

navit-graphics-gtk-drawing-area
Car navigation system with routing engine - GTK+ graphic plugin
Maintainer: Gilles Filippini
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roleplugin, shared-lib
uitoolkitgtk
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Navit is a car navigation system with routing engine.

Its modular design is capable of using vector maps of various formats for routing and rendering of the displayed map. It's even possible to use multiple maps at a time.

The GTK+ or SDL user interfaces are designed to work well with touch screen displays. Points of Interest of various formats are displayed on the map.

The current vehicle position is either read from gpsd or directly from NMEA GPS sensors.

The routing engine not only calculates an optimal route to your destination, but also generates directions and even speaks to you using speech-dispatcher.

This package contains the graphic gtk-drawing-area plugin to use with GTK+ aware GUIs plugins.

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viking
GPS data editor, analyzer and viewer
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Viking aims to be easy to use, yet powerful in accomplishing a wide variety of GPS related tasks. It uses a hierarchical layering system to organize GPS data, maps, and other layer types with spatial data, such as coordinate lines.

Some of the things you can use Viking for are:

  • Uploading and downloading waypoints, tracks to/from GPS.
  • Realtime GPS tracking and track recording.
  • Import and export of gpx files.
  • Preparing tracks and waypoints for trips using maps from services such as OpenStreetmap and Terraserver. You only need to upload the data to your GPS before you leave. The maps together with your tracks and waypoints can also be printed and used during the trip.
  • After trips, tracks and waypoints from GPS can be downloaded, stored, managed and reused in later trips.
  • Analyzing OHV and hiking trips, understanding where you went and how far you were from something.
  • Making waypoints and tracks to follow to easily get someplace you've never been before or don't have GPS data for but Terraserver maps exist for it.
  • Making maps with coordinate lines.
  • Analyzing speed at different places, adding waypoints where you forgot to mark one but did slow down or stop.
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