[Gpsbabel-misc] Can't download tracks?(newbie to GPS)

[Bill <ri...@me...>]

I am brand new to GPS devices, so I hope I don't confuse things too much
here.

I want to download all the info I can from my shiney new Garmin Edge
205. In particular, I want to share my tracks(i.e. path I traveled, hope
these are tracks?) and of course I want to upload tracks from other
people on the net to my GPS from .GPX files as well.

When I run:

gpsbabel -t -r -w -i garmin -f usb:  -o gpx -F backup.gpx

I get a backup.gpx that appears to contain the "marked locations" I
entered into the GPS and the routes I created. I also saw a "<trk>"
named "0" that I did not understand what that was..it had only  one
point in it. I thought the <trk> items would be the tracks I wanted to
share.

Should I not be able to download the "course" or the move-by-move
points(tracks?) that trace the path I traveled? Shouldn't I be able to
upload a .gpx track with "gpsbabel -i gpx -f fred.mpx -o garmin -F usb:"?

I'm hoping I'm just a newbie on this and I am missing something
simple/obvious to this list's regulars...

gpsbabel -V reports version 1.2.8-beta20060605.

Thanks,

Bill

Not sure it is useful, but here was the backup.gpx generated above:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gpx
 version="1.0"
creator="GPSBabel - http://www.gpsbabel.org"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0
http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/0/gpx.xsd">
<time>2006-06-19T20:23:53Z</time>
<bounds minlat="41.806100942" minlon ="-72.682998357"
maxlat="41.918913396" maxlon="-72.445267048" />
<wpt lat="41.868162313" lon="-72.445267048">
  <ele>141.678955</ele>
  <name>006</name>
  <cmt>18-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>18-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="41.868158709" lon="-72.445275094">
  <ele>140.477417</ele>
  <name>007</name>
  <cmt>18-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>18-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="41.806100942" lon="-72.555266535">
  <ele>62.611084</ele>
  <name>009</name>
  <cmt>18-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>18-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="41.808375204" lon="-72.546196310">
  <ele>133.267456</ele>
  <name>010</name>
  <cmt>18-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>18-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="41.827717284" lon="-72.498420551">
  <ele>66.456299</ele>
  <name>011</name>
  <cmt>18-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>18-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="41.816693405" lon="-72.456403747">
  <ele>147.206421</ele>
  <name>012</name>
  <cmt>18-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>18-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="41.918913396" lon="-72.682998357">
  <name>013</name>
  <cmt>19-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>19-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<wpt lat="41.815439221" lon="-72.456630059">
  <ele>172.921631</ele>
  <name>014</name>
  <cmt>19-JUN-06</cmt>
  <desc>19-JUN-06</desc>
  <sym>Flag, Blue</sym>
</wpt>
<rte>
  <name>013 - 014</name>
  <rtept lat="41.918913396" lon="-72.682998357">
    <ele>0.000000</ele>
    <name>013</name>
    <fix>none</fix>
  </rtept>
  <rtept lat="41.815439221" lon="-72.456630059">
    <ele>0.000000</ele>
    <name>014</name>
    <fix>none</fix>
  </rtept>
</rte>
<rte>
  <name>014 - 013</name>
  <rtept lat="41.815439221" lon="-72.456630059">
    <ele>0.000000</ele>
    <name>014</name>
    <fix>none</fix>
  </rtept>
  <rtept lat="41.918913396" lon="-72.682998357">
    <ele>0.000000</ele>
    <name>013</name>
    <fix>none</fix>
  </rtept>
</rte>
<rte>
  <name>AAAA</name>
  <rtept lat="41.868162313" lon="-72.445267048">
    <ele>0.000000</ele>
    <name>006</name>
    <fix>none</fix>
  </rtept>
</rte>
<trk>
  <name>0</name>
<trkseg>
<trkpt lat="41.815337799" lon="-72.456643051">
  <ele>164.042114</ele>
<time>2006-06-18T02:30:23Z</time>
</trkpt>
</trkseg>
</trk>
</gpx>