Download from GPS receiver
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| − | With the help of the download option of the QGIS GPS plugin you can visualize tracks
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| − | # Connect your GPS device with the computer.
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| − | # Open the GPS Plugin.
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| − | # Click {{button|text=Download from GPS}}
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| − | # Set the port to “com” or “usb”.
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| − | # Select the feature type.
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| − | # Enter a name for the output file and select a folder where you save your data.
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| − | # Enter a name for the layer.
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| − | # Click {{button|text=OK}}
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| − | # Afterwards the layer will be shown in Quantum GIS.
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| − | If you download or upload data from your GPS receiver, coordinates will automatically
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| − | be reprojected from WGS84 /latitude, longitude to your custom Spatial Reference
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| − | Now you may convert the gpx file to the format shape file for easy data transfer to
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| − | different GIS software.
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| − | # Right click on the layer
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| − | # Click {{button|text=Save as shapefile}}
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| − | # Enter a name for the shapefile ({{typed|text=waypoints.shp}}) and choose a folder where you save the layer.
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| − | [[category:Overview on GPS applications|5]]
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Latest revision as of 13:22, 29 October 2014
