Presentation

GPSBook is a software dedicated to manage traces generated by GPS devices.

GPSBook core software is able to manage traces organized by dates and make the selection of traces easy through his interface based on a calendar view.

GPSBook core software work with plugins which are providing all the features to the software. These plugins provide the capability to
  • Load and save GPS traces in various format
  • Apply filters into GPS data loaded
  • Edit tracks, routes, point of interest
  • Display information into graphs, table or maps in 2D and 3D
GPSBook is an open source software, free and able to run on Linux, MacOS X and Windows.

Plugins are providing numerous features to GPSBook.
The design of the software make the creation of plugin easy and only limited by the imagination of the developpers.
The following table gather a list of plugin that are or could be developped for GPSBook.

Plugin Name
Status*
Description
displayBlogging
Idea
Add possibility to publish track info into blogs
displayEditTrack
Idea
Give the possibility to modify the tracks points
displayGeoCaching
Development
Manage geocache and store it into a local database to be able to reuse it later 
displayGeoPortail
Idea
Display trace into GeoPortail
displayGoogleMap
Released
Display trace on various map (openstreetmap, google map and earth)
displayGpsBabbel
Released
Integrate GeBabbel into GPSBook
displayGraphic2D
Released
Display graph reflecting the trace in 2D
displayGraphic3D
Released
Display graph reflecting the trace in 3D
displayInformation
Released
View and edit information relative to the tracks, routes and point on interest
displayInternetBrowser
Development
Browse web site manipulating gpx files and integrate it into GPSBook
displayMailTo
Idea
Mail a GPX trace (with associated images) to friends
displayPicSync
Idea
Geotag photos using exif meta info
displayPoI
Development
Manage Point Of Interest or Geocaching Caches
displayRawEditor
PoC
Display gpx file into a text editor
displayReport
Idea
Generate a report of a track including info coming from other plugins
displayRoadBook
Idea
Generate a roadbook from GPX file
displaySRTM
Released
Use SRTM data provided by NASA for altitudes
displayStatistics
Development
Display statistics calculated from the GPX
filterCleanup
Released
Remove points by using filters
filterKalman
Idea
Implement Kalman algorithm to cleanup GPS trace
filterTimeCorrection
PoC
Correct time bug in traces generated with an old version of Nokia sports tracker
ioCSV
Idea
Import/export trace from/to CSV file
ioGPX
Released
Load/Save GPX file
ioLOC
Released
Load LOC file from geocaching.com
ioGPSBabel
Idea
Use the power of gpsbabel to load/save traces
ioNMEA
PoC
Directly connect a GPS device to the PC to catch the trace in realtime
* Legend
  • Idea: This plugin is an idea.
  • PoC: Developers already have a proof of concept working but release is not planned.
  • Development: Development of this plugin is progressing and will be published soon.
  • Released: A working version of this plugin has been published.