Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] best format for entering a waypoint by hand?

[Norman R. <nr...@ee...>]

 > Norman Ramsey wrote:
 > > I've just found GPS coordinates for a place I want to visit in Canada.
 > > Can anyone recommend a good gpsbabel format for creating the waypoint
 > > by hand?  (I'd rather not deal with entering it directly into my
 > 
 > When faced with this task, I use CSV just becuase the lat/lon reader in
 > it will accept just about anything and it's trivial to cut/paste from
 > other sources.
 > 
 > 	lat, lon, description

I tried this, but my negative longitude gets forced to zero:

  : nr@curlycoat 10879 ; cat /tmp/strauss.csv 
  name, lat, lon
  LISA S,42.343944,-71.114772
  : nr@curlycoat 10878 ; gpsbabel -i unicsv -o gpx /tmp/strauss.csv -         
  <?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>2007-01-17T01:02:17Z</time>
  <bounds minlat="42.343944000" minlon ="0.000000000" maxlat="42.343944000" maxlon="0.000000000" />
  <wpt lat="42.343944000" lon="0.000000000">
    <name>LISA S</name>
    <cmt>LISA S</cmt>
    <desc>LISA S</desc>
  </wpt>
  </gpx>

I'm using GPSBabel Version 1.3.2 on Debian Linux.
Am I doing something stupid?


Norman