GPXLOGGER(1)                  GPSD Documentation                  GPXLOGGER(1)

NAME
       gpxlogger - Tool to connect to gpsd and generate a GPX file

SYNOPSIS
       gpxlogger [OPTIONS] [server[:port[:device]]]

       gpxlogger -h

       gpxlogger -V

DESCRIPTION
       gpslogger program collects fixes from gpsd and logs them to standard
       output in GPX format, an XML profile for track logging.  It does not
       need to run as root, but can run as root.

       The output may be composed of multiple tracks. A new track is created
       if there's no fix written for an interval specified by the -i or
       --interval option and defaulting to 5 seconds.

       gpxlogger can use any of the export methods that gpsd supports. For a
       list of these methods, use the -l or --exports option. To force a
       method, give the -e, --export option folloed by one of the
       colon-terminated method names from the -l, --exports table.

OPTIONS
       -?, -h, --help
           Print a summary of options and then exit.

       -d, --daemonize
           Run as a daemon in background. It requires the -f, --output option,
           which directs output to a specified logfile.

       -D LVL, --debug LVL
           Sets the debug level, it is primarily for troubleshooting. It
           enables various progress messages to standard error.

       -e METHOD, --export METHOD
           If D-Bus support is available on the host, GPSD is configured to
           use it, and -e dbus, or --export dbus is specified, this program
           listens to DBUS broadcasts from gpsd via org.gpsd.fix.

           With -e sockets, or if sockets is the method defaulted to, you may
           give a [server[:port[:device]]] specification as arguments.  See
           the ARGUMENTS section below for more details.

           With -e shm, --export shm this program will listen to the local
           gpsd using shared memory.

       -F INFILE, --filein INFILE
           Read gpsd JSON from file INFILE, instead of from a gpsd daemon.

       -g, --garmin
           Enable Garmin extensions to GPX format.  This allows depth to also
           be logged in the gpx output.  Not compatible with Google maps.

       -i SECONDS, --interval SECONDS
           A new track is created if there's no fix written for an interval of
           SECONDS. Defaulting to 5 seconds.

       -l, --exports
           List all possible options for -e, --export.

       -m MINMOVE, --minmove MINMOVE
           Sets a minimum move distance in meters (it may include a fractional
           decimal part). Motions shorter than this will not be logged.

       -o OUTFILE, --output OUTFILE
           Output the GPX logg to file file OUTFILE, instead of to stdout..

       -r, --reconnect
           Retry when GPSd loses the fix. Without -r, gpxlogger would quit in
           this case.

       -V, --version
           Dump the package version and exit.

ARGUMENTS
       By default, clients collect data from the local gpsd daemon running on
       localhost, using the default GPSD port 2947. The optional argument to
       any client may override this behavior: [server[:port[:device]]]

       For further explanation, and examples, see the ARGUMENTS section in the
       gps(1) man page

RETURN VALUES
       0
           on success.

       1
           on failure

SEE ALSO
       gps(1)

       gpsd(8)

RESOURCES
       Project web site:  <https://gpsd.io/>

COPYING
       This file is Copyright 2013 by the GPSD project
       SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-clause

AUTHORS
       Amaury Jacquot

       Petter Reinholdtsen

       Chris Kuethe

GPSD, Version 3.25                2023-01-10                      GPXLOGGER(1)