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diff --git a/geography/garmintools/DESCR b/geography/garmintools/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..149b820f2b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/geography/garmintools/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +This software provides Linux users with the ability to communicate with the +Garmin Forerunner 305 via the USB interface. While this is the only Garmin +unit that I own, I did implement all of the documented Garmin protocols as of +Rev C (May 19, 2006) over the USB physical link. This means that if you have a +Garmin with a USB connection to a PC, you ought to be able to use this +software to communicate with it. + +If you're looking for a complete solution to all of your Linux Garmin GPS +needs, this is not it. I own a Garmin Forerunner 305 and wrote this code +specifically so I could download and save data from that particular GPS unit +to my Linux machine. I tried gpsbabel, but found that it did not have command +line options specific to the Forerunner run and lap data - all I could do was +get the tracklog. That's how all of this got started. I also wanted a few +other things, like the ability to convert a track log into a Google maps +encoded polyline, and (eventually) the ability to generate PNG images of heart +rate and elevation data. |