Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] V 1.2.8 Beta GTM -> GPX Bug?
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From: Leifur <le...@ca...> - 2006-03-09 12:42:31
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Ron Parker-2 wrote: > > Leifur wrote: >> After using the latest GPSBabel Beta to translate a lot of track files >> from >> GPS TrackMaker (.GTM) format to .GPX (and deleting the originals) I >> discovered that all track point times have been shifted forward by 3 >> hours. >> > Given that you're in Iceland, that sounds like a time zone thing. Are > you sure they've been shifted and not just translated into UTC? > GPSBabel will read any time zone, but when it writes, it writes > everything in UTC. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Gpsbabel-misc mailing list > Gps...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gpsbabel-misc > > Yes, I am pretty sure it is a "time zone thing" but not one that has anything to do with Iceland, our time zone is UTC (and this is set in GPS TrackMaker). Besides, using the sequence gtm -> plt -> gpx works, so does saving to gpx from within GPS TrackMaker. This three hopur shift ONLY occurs when using GPSBabel to do the gtm -> gpx translation. I am fairly sure that the fact that GPS TrackMaker is Brazilian, and that THEIR times zone is UTC - 3, might have something to do with the problem. For example, if GPSBabel assumed that all times in gtm files are stored using the Brazilian time zone, then it would be logical for the program to correct for this by adding three hours - which would explain the behaviour I'm seeing. It should be fairly simple to duplicate this effect, I will probably do that soon - knowing what to expect I should be able to analyse the process more carefully. Leifur -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/V-1.2.8-Beta-GTM--%3E-GPX-Bug--t1251661.html#a3319110 Sent from the GPSBabel - General forum at Nabble.com. |