A script to log what my GPS tells me

Posted by eldersnake on Jan 17, 2017 8:55 AM EDT
The Linux Rain; By Bob Mesibov
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I carry a Garmin Etrex 10 when I go bug-collecting. It's a handheld GPS receiver without many frills, and I only use it to record the latitude and longitude of each of my collecting sites as a waypoint. At the start of a field trip I delete all previous waypoints. When I do this, the trip's waypoints are then serially numbered from 001 and stored in the Etrex 10 in a file with a name like Waypoints_14-NOV-16.gpx. When I get home [...] I then use a keyboard shortcut to launch my gpslogger script, which is explained in this article.

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