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1 | <?xml version="1.0"?> |
| 2 | <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" | |
| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" | |
| 4 | [<!ENTITY appname "Viking">] | |
| 5 | > | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | <section id="recommeds"> | |
| 8 | <title>Recommended Programs</title> | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | <formalpara><title>gpsbabel</title> | |
| 11 | <para>&appname; uses <ulink url="http://gpsbabel.org/">GPSBabel</ulink> for several important functions, such as:</para> | |
| 12 | </formalpara> | |
| 13 | <itemizedlist> | |
| 14 | <listitem><para>Importing Files from many formats (including KML)</para></listitem> | |
| 15 | <listitem><para>Exporting Files to various formats</para></listitem> | |
| 16 | <listitem><para>Transfer Data to/from GPS Devices via serial connections</para></listitem> | |
| 17 | <listitem><para>Using Google Directions for routes</para></listitem> | |
| 18 | </itemizedlist> | |
| 19 | <para>Thus these will not be available if the program can not be found.</para> | |
| 20 | <para>For <trademark>Unix</trademark> like systems this will search the system path to find the program, as it is typically installed via the System's package manager.</para> | |
| 21 | <para> | |
| 22 | From &appname; 1.6 onwards GPSBabel is not deployed automatically on <trademark>Windows</trademark> systems, | |
| 23 | as it is made an optional install component (using the official GPSBabel installation program). | |
| 24 | If GPSBabel is not installed in a typical <trademark>Windows</trademark> location that &appname; can find, | |
| 25 | then the GPSBabel preference can be set to specify the exact location. See <xref linkend="prefs_external"/>. | |
| 26 | </para> | |
| 27 | <para>&appname; will need to be restarted to use the new GPSBabel location preference.</para> | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | <formalpara><title>unbuffer</title> | |
| 30 | <para>&appname; uses unbuffer command to optimize conversion calls.</para> | |
| 31 | </formalpara> | |
| 32 | <para>This mainly applies to <trademark>Unix</trademark> like systems when invoking GPSBabel commands.</para> | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | <formalpara><title>gpsd (not available for <trademark>Windows</trademark>)</title> | |
| 35 | <para>&appname; can use <ulink url="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/">gpsd</ulink> to get the current location.</para> | |
| 36 | </formalpara> | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | <formalpara><title>togpx</title> | |
| 39 | <para>&appname; will use <ulink url="https://github.com/tyrasd/togpx">togpx</ulink> to open GeoJSON files if the program is available on the system.</para> | |
| 40 | </formalpara> | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | <formalpara><title>togeojson</title> | |
| 43 | <para>&appname; will use <ulink url="https://github.com/mapbox/togeojson">togeojson</ulink> to export to GeoJSON files if the program is available on the system.</para> | |
| 44 | </formalpara> | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | </section> |