Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Garmin GDB problems with BaseCamp version

[Robert L. <rob...@gm...>]

GPX and KML are much better for getting data into Earth.

What do you have that creates GDB that won't make GPX?

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019, 7:43 PM David Pawlyk <dav...@gm...> wrote:

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> Please don't remove support for the gdb format. I use gpsbabel in a MS
> Windows program that lets people copy data to Google Earth.
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>
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> https://forums.garmin.com/forum/mac-windows-software/windows-software/basecamp-aa/1442295-basecamp-google-earth-copy-and-paste-from-basecamp-to-ge
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> On 3/26/2019 7:59 PM, Brad Morris wrote:
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> Basecamp is 64 bit...
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> On Mar 26, 2019, at 7:23 PM, Robert Lipe <rob...@gm...> wrote:
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> Or just save your data in gpx from basecamp.
>
> Garmin hasn't ever documented mps and they've replaced the mps format
> twice now, I think. They replaced Mapsiurce with Basecamp and even Basecamp
> is now unsupported. It's a 32 bit app and next MacOS, for example, won't
> even run 32 bit apps.
>
> GPX is simply a.better format.for your data to be stored in. The chance
> of.us (or anyone else) being able to read it is way higher.
>
> I'm seriously considering pulling gdb and mps from the next release...
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019, 5:14 PM tsteven4 <tst...@gm...> wrote:
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>> Please submit a test case that demonstrates the failure, including the
>> necessary files and the command line you used.
>>
>> On 3/26/2019 4:01 PM, Alan Morris wrote:
>> > I am unable to use GPSBabel 1.5.4 for converting .gdb files produced
>> > by BaseCamp.
>> >
>> > Is there a known problem?
>> >
>> > Using 'AllData.gdb' (the file that holds all of the data within
>> > BaseCamp), I get:-
>> >
>> > gdb: Unknown or/and unsupported GDB version (-174.0)!
>> >
>> > So I then attempted to use an old produced by MapSource in 2011.  This
>> > would just not open the file.  There was no error.
>> >
>> > I normally use GPSBable with batch files without problems, but these
>> > times using the Windows version.
>> >
>> > Alan.
>> >
>> >
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