[Freegis-list] [off-topic]GPS files-format: is there any standard specification?

[Anselm Hook]

This article comments that garmin no longer supports NMEA.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5745

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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, strk wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 08:01:34PM +0200, Amaury Jacquot wrote:
> > Eduardo Patto Kanegae wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> >
> > hi there
> >
> > > - is there any standard and common file-format specification for the
> > > files generated by GPS's? Or each manufacturer has its own format?
> >
> > each manufacturer has it's own format.
> > the GPS devices usually store in some form of binary inside
> > then you extract the data with some software running on your computer.
> >
> > > - is it TEXT or BINARY data?
> >
> > depends :D
> > there is an interchange format though, which is XML, called GPX
> > Use GPSbabel to translate between format
> >
> > PS:
> > these answers are probably in an FAQ somewhere :D
>
> It would be nice to link them it in the documentation section
> of freegis.org (if anyone finds it).
> I've been told NMEA is also an open format, but I know nothing
> about it and would like to (just got a garmin device).
>
> --strk;
>
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