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diff --git a/gis/gpsbabel/README b/gis/gpsbabel/README index fe1adcae48aaf..690a7e6bf1144 100644 --- a/gis/gpsbabel/README +++ b/gis/gpsbabel/README @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ -GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to another, -whether that format is a common mapping format like Delorme, Streets and -Trips, or even a serial or USB upload or download to a GPS receiver such as -those from Garmin and Magellan. By flattening the Tower of Babel that the -authors of various programs for manipulating GPS data have imposed upon us, it -returns to us the ability to freely move our own waypoint data between the -programs and hardware we choose to use. +GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes from one format to +another, whether that format is a common mapping format like Delorme, +Streets and Trips, or even a serial or USB upload or download to a GPS +receiver such as those from Garmin and Magellan. By flattening the +Tower of Babel that the authors of various programs for manipulating +GPS data have imposed upon us, it returns to us the ability to freely +move our own waypoint data between the programs and hardware we choose +to use. -It contains extensive data manipulation abilities making it a convenient for -server-side processing or as the backend for other tools. +It contains extensive data manipulation abilities making it a +convenient for server-side processing or as the backend for other +tools. -It does not convert, transfer, send, or manipulate maps. We process data that -may (or may not be) placed on a map, such as waypoints, tracks, and routes. +It does not convert, transfer, send, or manipulate maps. We process +data that may (or may not be) placed on a map, such as waypoints, +tracks, and routes. |