# GPSBabel

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{{short description|Software for converting GPS data}}
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| developer              = Robert Lipe and community
| operating_system       = [Cross-platform](/source/Cross-platform)
| programming language   = [C++](/source/C%2B%2B), [C](/source/C_(programming_language))
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| author                 = Robert Lipe
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'''GPSBabel''' is a cross-platform, [free software](/source/free_software) to transfer routes, tracks, and waypoint data to and from consumer [GPS](/source/Global_Positioning_System) units, and to convert between GPS data formats.<ref>[http://www.gpsbabel.org/capabilities.shtml GPSBabel Supported formats]</ref> It has a [command-line](/source/command-line_interface) interface and a [graphical interface](/source/graphical_user_interface) for Windows, [macOS](/source/macOS), and  Linux users.

GPSBabel is part of many [Linux](/source/Linux) distributions including [Debian](/source/Debian) and [Fedora](/source/Fedora_(Linux_distribution)), and also part of the [Fink](/source/Fink_(software)) and [Homebrew](/source/Homebrew_(package_management_software)) systems for getting Unix software on macOS.

== Applications ==
Many contributors to [OpenStreetMap](/source/OpenStreetMap) use GPSBabel to convert GPS track data from proprietary formats to the [GPX](/source/GPX_(data_transfer)) format OpenStreetMap requires.

GPSBabel is popular in the [Geocaching](/source/Geocaching) community because it enables people with incompatible GPS units to share data.

[Geographic information system (GIS)](/source/Geographic_information_system) applications such as [QGIS](/source/QGIS) and [Grass](/source/GRASS_GIS) use GPSBabel for many import and export operations and processing.

Photographers frequently use GPSBabel for [geotagging](/source/geotagging) images, associating location with photographs. This relies on [GPS data loggers](/source/GPS_tracking_unit), either external or internal to the camera.

GPSBabel enables owners of many different brands of GPS units to view their GPS data in several popular consumer map programs, such as [Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth) and [Microsoft Streets & Trips](/source/Microsoft_Streets_%26_Trips).

==Notes==
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== References ==
* "GPS Running Log", ''Make Magazine'', vol. 7, pp. 117–118.

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last1=Erle |first1=Schuyler |last2=Gibson |first2=Rich |last3=Walsh |first3=Jo |title=Mapping Hacks: Tips & Tools for Electronic Cartography |publisher=O'Reilly Media |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-596-00703-4}}
* {{cite book |last=McNamara |first=Joel |title=GPS For Dummies |publisher=For Dummies |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7645-6933-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/gpsfordummies00mcna }}

== External links ==
* {{official website}}
* [GpsPrune](/source/openstreetmap%3AGpsPrune) can also act as a frontend

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