Prune GPS data manager
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GPS data manager Prune is an application for managing coordinate data from GPS systems. It is a tool to will let you play with your GPS data after you get home from your trip.It can load data from arbitrary text-based formats (for example, any tab-separated or comma-separated file) or Xml, display the data (as top-down view and altitude profile), edit this data (for example delete points and ranges, sort waypoints, compress tracks), and save the data (in various text-based formats). It can also export data as a Gpx file, or as Kml/Kmz for import into Google Earth.Some example uses of Prune include cleaning up tracks by deleting wayward points - either recorded by error or by unintended detours. It can also be used to compare and combine tracks, convert to and from various formats, compress tracks, export data to Google Earth, or to analyse data to calculate distances, altitudes and so on.Furthermore, Prune is able to display the tracks in 3d format (like the hike plots on this site) and lets you spin the model round to look at it from various directions. You can also export the model in POV format so that you can render a nice picture using Povray. It can also load Jpegs and read their coordinates from the exif tags, and export thumbnails of these photos to Kmz format so that they appear as popups in Google Earth. If your photos don't have coordinates yet, Prune can be used to connect them (either manually or automatically using the photo timestamps) to data points, and write these coordinates into the exif tags.Prune is written in Java, so as long as your platform has a Java runtime (at least version 1.4) including GUI libraries then it should work. It was developed using eclipse and subversion on Linux, and has been tested on Linux (Mandriva 2005 and 2007 with Blackdown JRE 1.4.2, Debian Etch with Sun JRE 1.6) and Windows XP (Home and Professional, with Sun JRE 1.4.2, 1.5 and 1.6). It has also been shown to work on Mac OSX and Sun Solaris. Any bug reports, feature requests, suggestions and improvements are welcome.Currently Prune is at version 6, but enhancements are already planned for version 7 (see the development page). Again, any help to improve it would be gratefully received. In particular any examples of data which is incorrectly parsed, and any extensions to the languages offered would be very welcome (see the translation wiki). Prune is released under the Gnu GPL which specifies what you can do with the program and its source code.Why Prune?Because you can use it to prune your GPS tracks to remove the unwanted bits.RunningTo run Prune, simply use the command line to launch the jar, like this:java -jar prune_06.jarIf you have associated jar files with java already, then you can just double-click on the jar file to run it. Alternatively, you can create a batch file or shell script to call the above command, and/or create a shortcut on your desktop or menu. Or you can set up an alias in your .bashrc to this command, so you just have to type "prune" to run it.Prune should automatically select the language based on your system settings - but remember that only the languages EN, DE, DE_ch, ES, FR and PL are currently supported. If you want to override these settings and select the language yourself, you can do this with an extra parameter:java -jar prune_06.jar --lang=DE Here are some key features of "Prune": · Loading of coordinate data in any text-based format. with any combination of fields and any separator. · Loading of coordinate data in GPX or KML format. · Combination of several data files. · Top-down, zoomable view of data points including map images from Openstreetmap. · Altitude profile view. · Selection of individual points and ranges to show details. · Deletion of duplicates and variable compression of track by deleting closely-spaced points. · Deletion of selected points and ranges, and reversal of ranges. · Editing of point data, and creation of waypoints. · Re-ordering of waypoints within data set. · Saving of data in specified text format, choosing fields and separator. · Interactive 3d display of data. · Export to POV format for rendering of 3d model by Povray. · Loading of photos in jpeg format with or without coordinate data in exif tags. · Connection of photos to points, and saving of coordinates in exif tags. (requires exiftool) · Automatic correlation of photos with track points using each photo's timestamp. · Export to GPX format. · Export to KML or KMZ format for use with Google Earth or Google Maps (including photo thumbnails). · Launch of browser showing area in either Google Maps or Openstreetmap. · Multiple Undo. · Multiple language support - currently EN (English), DE (German), DE_ch (Swiss German), ES (Spanish), FR (French) and IT (Italian) are supported; PL (Polish) is partially supported. Some of the things which Prune does not do include: · Prune cannot communicate directly with GPS units. However it can call Gpsbabel to retrieve data from receivers. · Prune cannot recognise waypoint types. · Prune cannot load any map graphics apart from open street maps. Some other things which Prune does not do include: · Prune doesn't require registration, or license keys, or payment, and doesn't have any trial periods to expire. · Prune doesn't ask for your name or email address. · Prune doesn't contain advertisements, spyware, nagware or malware. · Prune doesn't have a professional edition or premium features which are only available after payment. · Prune doesn't "phone home" or use other sneaky tricks to track and monitor usage or analyse your data. Requirements: · Java 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment · Java3d · Povray · 3d mapping tools such as Google Earth · exiftool · GPSBabel What's New in This Release: · Loading of NMEA files, track downloads from gpsies.com, additional · configuration options and export options, scale bar on maps, Chinese language

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