GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers such as Garmin or Magellan and mapping programs like Google Earth or Basecamp. Literally hundreds of GPS receivers and programs are supported.

GPSBabel lets you move data between popular GPS systems such as those from Garmin, Magellan or a large number of map programs. GPSBabel is Free Software. You are free to use it within terms of the GNU Public License .

GPSBabel Documentation. GPSBabel features may change rapidly. You should be sure to use the version of the documentation that goes with the version you are using.

Aug 12, 2007 · GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers and mapping programs. It also has powerful manipulation tools for such data.

This list is updated more frequently than we release GPSBabel itself. It will thus include formats and filters that are present only in beta versions or source builds.

GPSBabel is distributed "ready to run" on most common operating systems via the download page. As GPSBabel runs on a wide variety of operating systems, be sure to visit the OS-Specific notes for additional information.

When this option is specified, GPSBabel will remove all instances of a duplicated waypoint, not just the second and subsequent instances. If your input file contains waypoints A, B, B, and C, the output file will contain waypoints A, B, and C without the all …

Simple files with waypoints and paths (which GPSBabel represents internally as tracks) work fine. Google Earth also uses GPSBabel internally for receiver communications and several file format imports and exports. In general, GPSBabel's KML writer is relatively strong.

GPSBabel is an established project and there are many questions we've answered over and over. Some of them admittedly aren't "frequent", but are high-value questions that we've answered more than once.

This is the default output USR version used by GPSBabel. It contains only basic information on waypoints, routes, and trails. User Data File version 3 - Legacy file format. Added depth information to Route waypoints. Supports trails with a maximum of 10,000 trail-points. Last version that supports Event Marker ICONs.