[FWTools] Convert GPX to shapefile

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Thu Jun 21 23:23:01 EDT 2007


Jeff Bullard wrote:
> I guess it would be best to add this as a GDAL tool like gdal_gpx.py 
> or something.  It seems extremely simple so I wonder why it has not 
> been done.  Hopefully someone is working on it.

I don't think it's desirable to have another tool for that purpose.
There is GPSBabel which does the job.
What's missing is the OGR driver that would integrate GPX format
into the GDAL framework.
IMO that would be really helpful.


Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net


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