GPS to PostGIS data import pipeline
I have found an interesting OpenSource based system that should allow you to import GPS track/route/waypoint information from your GPS into the OpenSource spatial database PostGIS. Here are the steps and tools:
- Convert your GPS data to the GPX format using GPSBabel
- Use the GPX2SHP program to create a SHP (ESRI Shape File)
- Import the SHP file into PostGIS using shp2pgsql
For PostGIS data import, the following tools are interesting:
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