[Gvsig_english] transfer GPS-data, “gpx”-format, to gvSIG

[Francisco José Peñarrubia]

Hi Klaus and Jorge.

I don't know if you are aware of this extension:

http://www.gvsig.org/web/plugins/downloads/extgpx

It should work with gvSIG 1.11 and the latest 1.12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeAaf7Hd4UU

I hope you find it useful. If you have questions or advices to improve 
it, please let me know.

Best regards.

Fran.

El 26/09/2012 14:58, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas escribió:
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> El mié 26 sep 2012 14:38:31 CEST, Klaus Schaefer escribió:
>> Dear gvSIG-friends,
>>
>> many of you work with GPS devices to map network and customer data
>> for water scheme documentation (cadastre), project layout, design
>> and other planning activities. Many of you, as well, use a GIS
>> application to visualize and analyze the respective data and/or
>> combine it with customer data, district data, billing data and
>> other sources of data.
>>
>> Different GPS-devices work with different interfaces to transfer
>> data to a GIS. Many of you work with Garmin GPS devices, mostly of
>> Dakota and Oregon types. I have now compiled a small workflow and
>> process description on how to get GPS data into a GIS using the raw
>> “gpx” files that are provided by these devices. Other GPS devices,
>> like “Garmin eTrex”, “Trimble” or “Magellan”, may not produce “gpx”
>> data files and need other processes in combination with GIS.
>> However, the Garmin “Dakota” and “Oregon” types seem to be the most
>> popular ones and other types and brands may use the
>> “gpx”-interchange format as well.
>>
>> Different GIS applications (ArcGIS, QGIS, gvSIG…) have different
>> ways of dealing with GPS-data as well. Some can import from GPS
>> devices directly, but probably not from all of them. Most common
>> standards to provide data for GIS layers are shape files or spacial
>> database tables (e.g. PostgreSQL/PostGIS).
>>
>> Since many people working with GIS/GPS applications have similar
>> tasks to do and have to deal with similar issues and requirements,
>> several tools have already been developed and provided to the
>> community. Over the last two years me myself I have done a lot of
>> work in these kind of scenarios and I realized that it is time to
>> compile a “best practice” handout from my experiences so far, for
>> the benefit of all of you. Of course there is not “one way only” to
>> achieve the same results. However, I wish this small document to
>> support you in your daily efforts.
>>
>> Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get back to
>> me. I appreciate any feedback from your side, so hopefully these
>> instructions can be extended with your experiences, too. Please
>> feel free to distribute this document to other persons that may be
>> interested.
>>
>> Thanks a lot and best regards Klaus
>>
>> Transfer-gpx-Files-to-GIS_1.00-001.pdf
>> <http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/file/n5004621/Transfer-gpx-Files-to-GIS_1.00-001.pdf>
>>
>>
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> Thank
> you very much Klaus for your document.
>
> As you say there are many ways to convert GPX files to something more
> "GIS" friendly. In fact it's quite desirable as I understand GPX as
> something "raw", your starting point to derive data.
>
> OGR is a well known library that understands GPX[5] so you can easily
> convert from this format to many others[1] using the ogr2ogr utility
> program[2]. Here there is a cheatsheet to have at hand[3].
>
> OGR can be installed on Ubuntu/Debian from the "gdal-bin" package. In
> Windows you can use the OSGeo4W[4] distribution.
>
> Cheers
>
> [1] http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html
> [2] http://www.gdal.org/ogr2ogr.html
> [3]
> http://www.bostongis.com/PrinterFriendly.aspx?content_name=ogr_cheatsheet
> [4] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/
> [5] http://www.gdal.org/ogr/drv_gpx.html
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