GPStrans - Transfer data between Garmin GPS and UNIX Workstations

What is GPStrans?

GPStrans is a program which allows to up- and download waypoints, route, almanac and trackroutes from you Garmin GPS. There is a ASCII-Version wish will allow to use the basic up-/download features of the program without having access to a graphic screen. The X11-Verion will soon allow to view the track-log and waypoints, also allow the edit data.


Software-Requirements

To successfully compile GPStrans you'll need 'gcc' or another ansi-C compatible Compiler. For the X11-Version you also need the xview-package distributed by Sun Microsystems as source-code. Be sure to use Version 3.2 or later because I take use of the new feature like filechooser.


Installation of GPStrans

GPStrans was developed using a Sun Workstation with SunOS 4.1.3. If you're using a SUN-Workstation you should only need to check the paths in the Makefile to point to the new xview-libraries.

I've successfully compiled GPStrans on a HP Workstation, but couldn't try the serial communication, because I don't have direct access to the workstation.


GPStrans Licensing Information

GPStrans is FreeWare. I'm releasing this source code to the public domain. You can redistribute it as often as you want as long as you let the original copyright notice in. If you like to do changes to GPStrans, please contact me before so that we can coordinate the work.

GPStrans is Copyright 1995 by Carsten tschach (tschach@zedat.fu-berlin.de). The datum translation-routines are based on the program MacGPS from John F. Waers (jfwaers@csn.net). You can copy it as long as you let the original copyright notice in.


How to get GPStrans

GPStrans is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.fu-berlin.de. The current version is 0.2beta - it's still a beta-test-version, so feel free to test it, but don't expect that it is error-free. If you discovered any errors, please email them to me at tschach@zedat.fu-berlin.de.


Source code:
gpstrans-0.3b.tar.gz