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diff --git a/gis/gpsbabel/README b/gis/gpsbabel/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c463865a2fe0 --- /dev/null +++ b/gis/gpsbabel/README @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +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 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. + +NOTE: Qt5 is required starting with version 1.5.4. If you would rather not +build and install Qt5, then download the sources for 1.5.3 and execute: + + VERSION=1.5.3 ./gpsbabel.SlackBuild |