Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] MTK Development
GPSBabel converts and transfers data like waypoints, tracks & routes.
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From: Robert L. <rob...@gp...> - 2017-10-24 20:33:55
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Hi, and welcome. If your enthusiasm fits well with our goals (conversion/translation to other formats) we generally welcome contributions. If you have different goals, such as turning GPSBabel into a configuration utility for your GPS so you can change the logging frequency or whatever, you're welcome to start with our base as long as our licensing goals are a match. We chose GNU Public License which, in a nutshell, says that if you're benefitting from our work that we shared with you, that you should share that work - and work you do based on it - with others. The code is readily available to you via GitHub: https://github.com/gpsbabel/gpsbabel Most of the MTK code is in https://github.com/gpsbabel/gpsbabel/blob/master/mtk_logger.cc - there's a slightly strange fork of it in mtk_locus.cc The code is admittedly and somewhat necessarily unsightly compared to some of our modules like GPX or KML. Serial protocols are just hard and this format has survived a rather brute force conversion to C++/Qt style and is wildly inconsistent with most of our other modules. I'd welcome an enthusiastic maintainer and the original authors have gone quiet. You may also find https://github.com/gpsbabel/gpsbabel/blob/master/README.contrib and https://www.gpsbabel.org/htmldoc-development/Source.html - duly noting that we're not immune from the programmer cliche: Some Documentation May Be Out Of Date. In fact, in the act of referencing that page, I see several "disable=" blocks that need to be dropped from the doc &/or code. We're a 16 year old project and like all 16 year olds, we can be a bit inconsistent. :-) If you byte off a task, join the gpsbabel-code mailing list if you have questions or just want to mark something in progress so that others working on the same thing that collaborate or coordinate. That's a mailing list for developers to talk about bits and bytes over this list which is general "how do I..." end-user help. OK, I know of no active work in that module other than ongoing cleanup, but I like to think that someday we could have two people working on the same thing at the same time. RJL On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Josh De La Rosa <jos...@gm...> wrote: > Hi, > > One my favorite abilities of GPSBabel is being able to configure the > logger via the command line. I've noticed the listed configuration commands > for the MTK loggers > <https://www.gpsbabel.org/htmldoc-development/fmt_mtk.html> are limited > compared to the Qstarz native tool or other loggers. Is there any way I can > help develop the capabilities for MTK within GPSBabel? > > Thanks, > > Josh > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Gpsbabel-misc mailing list http://www.gpsbabel.org > Gps...@li... > To unsubscribe, change list options, or see archives, visit: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gpsbabel-misc > > |