gpxlogger(1) GPSD Documentation gpxlogger(1)
NAME
gpxlogger - Tool to connect to gpsd and generate a GPX file
SYNOPSIS
gpxlogger [OPTIONS] [server[:port[:device]]]
gpxlogger -h
gpxlogger -V
DESCRIPTION
gpslogger program collects fixes from gpsd and logs them to standard
output in GPX format, an XML profile for track logging. It does not need
to run as root, but can run as root.
The output may be composed of multiple tracks. A new track is created if
there's no fix written for an interval specified by the -i or --interval
option and defaulting to 5 seconds.
gpxlogger can use any of the export methods that gpsd supports. For a
list of these methods, use the -l or --exports option. To force a method,
give the -e, --export option folloed by one of the colon-terminated
method names from the -l, --exports table.
OPTIONS
-?, -h, --help
Print a summary of options and then exit.
-d, --daemonize
Run as a daemon in background. It requires the -f, --output option,
which directs output to a specified logfile.
-D LVL, --debug LVL
Sets the debug level, it is primarily for troubleshooting. It enables
various progress messages to standard error.
-e METHOD, --export METHOD
If D-Bus support is available on the host, GPSD is configured to use
it, and -e dbus, or --export dbus is specified, this program listens
to DBUS broadcasts from gpsd via org.gpsd.fix.
With -e sockets, or if sockets is the method defaulted to, you may
give a [server[:port[:device]]] specification as arguments. See the
ARGUMENTS section below for more details.
With -e shm, --export shm this program will listen to the local gpsd
using shared memory.
-F INFILE, --filein INFILE
Read gpsd JSON from file INFILE, instead of from a gpsd daemon.
-g, --garmin
Enable Garmin extensions to GPX format. This allows depth to also be
logged in the gpx output. Not compatible with Google maps.
-i SECONDS, --interval SECONDS
A new track is created if there's no fix written for an interval of
SECONDS. Defaulting to 5 seconds.
-l, --exports
List all possible options for -e, --export.
-m MINMOVE, --minmove MINMOVE
Sets a minimum move distance in meters (it may include a fractional
decimal part). Motions shorter than this will not be logged.
-o OUTFILE, --output OUTFILE
Output the GPX logg to file file OUTFILE, instead of to stdout..
-r, --reconnect
Retry when GPSd loses the fix. Without -r, gpxlogger would quit in
this case.
-V, --version
Dump the package version and exit.
ARGUMENTS
By default, clients collect data from the local gpsd daemon running on
localhost, using the default GPSD port 2947. The optional argument to any
client may override this behavior: [server[:port[:device]]]
For further explanation, and examples, see the ARGUMENTS section in the
gps(1) man page
RETURN VALUES
0
on success.
1
on failure
SEE ALSO
gps(1)
gpsd(8)
RESOURCES
Project web site: <https://gpsd.io/>
COPYING
This file is Copyright 2013 by the GPSD project
SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-clause
AUTHORS
Amaury Jacquot
Petter Reinholdtsen
Chris Kuethe
GPSD, Version 3.25 2023-01-10 gpxlogger(1)
gpsd 3.25 - Generated Thu Feb 2 15:12:01 CST 2023