I need to convert a lot of garmin GDB files to GPX in order to convert it to another vector format. Is there any tools available can do a batch convert from garmin GDB files to GPX? Using MapSource allow only one file at a time.
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You may use GPSBabel.
garmin GDB format is supported (see this page). Something like that should work:
gpsbabel -i gdb -f file.gdb -o gpx
A short batch file to loop through and convert all files in a directory:
for %%f in (x:\garmin_data\*.gdb) do (
gpsbabel -i gdb -f "%%f" -o gpx -F "x:\gpx_data\%%~nf.gpx"
)
The first -f is the input file and the second is the output. See here about the %%~ syntax.
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Thank you, I tried and it's a good app, unfortunately the output is in one single file, I'm hoping each gdb get converted to each gpx.– ZeryCommented Jan 4, 2012 at 15:40
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1@Zery - Sounds like you need to loop through your files one by one and call gpsbabel on each one as you go. Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 16:19
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@Chad - thank you, why don't I think of that, in fact I can even do it from inside my MapInfo using MapBasic and then just look for another source how to convert gpx to mapinfo tab programatically. Thank you.– ZeryCommented Jan 9, 2012 at 23:43
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2I added an example batch file to loop through files in a directory Commented Feb 22, 2012 at 17:51