[Freegis-list] GPS data processing

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 12:57:34PM +0200, Nils Faerber wrote:
> Am Di, den 08.06.2004 schrieb Bernhard Reiter um 12:29:
> > On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 08:36:34PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:

> > On my wishlist would be a plugin for Thuban to operate gpsbabel.
> 
> Oh yes, that would be perfect!
> I am definitely a newbie to GIS processing and I have already stated my
> point of interest: Generate maps from GPS data. How this is deon is in
> general quite open. Thuban seems to me very interesting sind it can
> handle annotations what GRASS IMHO can not.

Both Thuban and GRASS can handle attributes.

> If there would be a way to generate shape files for Thuban from GPS data
> that could be edited (split, merged and annotated) within Thuban, then
> Thuban would be the application of choice for my work!

When you have shapefiles, you can also use many other packages.
I will answer the more involved Thuban questions on the thuban-devel list
(and send you a copy). 

> Sadly I am no Python programmer at all so your Python shapelib extension
> is no use for me. But the GPS-Babel approach seems promising!
> 
> If I understand you correctly if gpsbabel would have an output module
> for shapefiles, which could itself be implemented by using shapelib,
> then those shapes could be imported and managed/edited by Thuban?

Thuban currently cannot do the more involved GIS operations like
merging, editing and writing out shapefiles. There are some experimental
extensions and having one using gpsbabel to create a shapefile looks
like a short hack. That would enable someone to produce maps.

	Bernhard
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