Thread: gmaps "my places" -> maemo mapper POI
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oilinki is offline oilinki
2008-07-19 , 16:03
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
OK, I confirm that gpsbabel runs on the N800 under OS2008, so you can do your translating entirely on the tablet.

To finish my MM -> GM post (the reverse of the OP):

Google maps seems to have a low point threshhold, forcing those who wish to upload tracks to GM to simplify the track. I found that 50 points works, but I haven't tried other settings.
I did some try and errors and found that the best way is to convert the maemo-mapper gpx file to kml is NOT to include points in the export. This can be done with only 1 command.
(tested on kubuntu, not on n810). The trick was to use kml,points=0

With this option I got an good track and the output-file stayed in moderate 300KB sise. Without this option the size was 5MB.

The command would be:
gpsbabel -t -i gpx -f bkk-around-home-2008-07-19.track -o kml,points=0 -F bkk-home-lake-sericenter.kml

Test data can be looked at:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:/...sericenter.kml

Now. How to do an automatic export for tracks? Could it be launched from the command line?

-Pekka