black_rig 0 #1 April 14, 2009 Hi Flying a GPS on a Wing Suit is now kind of main stream, but dealing efficiently with the recorded track data can be tricky. I though it would be good for us to have a program that could run independently on a laptop (under Windows or Mac Os X) and that would deal with GPX data, with the following features: -import gpx tracks of any format -calculate the horizontal and vertical speed -calculate glide ratio, bearing, etc... -export to Microsoft Excel -export to .srt to overlay the flight information on a video -everything accessible through a graphical interface Costyn had already written most of the functions in Perl. I added the user interface and cross-compiled to Windows (XP or Vista), Mac OS X universal Binary, and Linux. The source code is also available for the geeks. The program can be downloaded here on Source Forge . Costyn posted a related link here . Some additional resources, including the source and examples are here . (BTW I do live in America) I hope to see some of those in future videos. Cheers GeeTalk is cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deniq 0 #2 April 14, 2009 I use standard Software "TimeMachineX" from the box of Wintec WBT201 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
black_rig 0 #3 April 14, 2009 Well, the 2 softwares do different things: -Time Machine X allows you to connect to your GPS (which gps2srt does not do), edit your data, and eventually save it in a complete choice of different formats, including GPX. -GPX2SRT start from a GPX file (coming from Time Machine X or other), calculate WS relevant information, and save to the video subtitle (SRT) format, to be used subsequently with the video of the jump. The .csv output for MS Excel is a sub-products of GPS2SRT. It also contains the velocity and glide ratio information which original data or the GPX format do not have. The idea behind gpx2srt is not to do what commercial software already do better (ie download from your GPS), but provide a specific tool for Wingsuiters jumping with a video and wanting to overlay their GPS flight information on the video. I agree this is a very specific niche, but I am not aware of any other software doing it, and I hope people find it useful. GeeTalk is cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hjumper33 0 #4 April 16, 2009 That is bad ass. Thats pretty much exactly what I want software to do. Does it work with both wintec gps and foretrex equally well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
black_rig 0 #5 April 16, 2009 Yes. I personally used an "old" Garmin Foretrex 201.Talk is cheap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunk 0 #6 April 17, 2009 Excellent! Ive done the same thing to convert the csv exported data from my Protrack to .srt in PHP (unfortunately i dont have a webserver to host it). Im just waiting for my recently ordered Qstarz BT-Q1300 to arrive and ill be trying your software. Thanks for sharing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #7 April 17, 2009 Quote Ive done the same thing to convert the csv exported data from my Protrack to .srt in PHP (unfortunately i dont have a webserver to host it). Well, try Python, so no webserver needed anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunk 0 #8 April 17, 2009 Actually i have an Apache+PHP webserver on my local computer. I was thinking about online conversion... I'll try to find a free php web hosting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costyn 0 #9 April 17, 2009 QuoteActually i have an Apache+PHP webserver on my local computer. I was thinking about online conversion... I'll try to find a free php web hosting. Pretty cool. If you want I can host it for you on flylikebrick.com?Costyn van Dongen - http://www.flylikebrick.com/ - World Wide Wingsuit News Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costyn 0 #10 April 17, 2009 Nice work Gee. I haven't had the chance to try it out yet with a recent video + gps jump. CheersCostyn van Dongen - http://www.flylikebrick.com/ - World Wide Wingsuit News Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPAWNmaster 0 #11 April 21, 2009 I have a WTB-201 but have a Mac. what's a good software similar to TimeMachineX that can do the same? I can't find a mac version of that software yet and would love to use GPX2SRT in conjunction with other applications. EDIT TO ADD: I've tried Paralog Desktop for Mac but it requires a version of Java that only Mac OSX 5 (Leopard) has. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costyn 0 #12 April 22, 2009 QuoteI have a WTB-201 but have a Mac. what's a good software similar to TimeMachineX that can do the same? I can't find a mac version of that software yet and would love to use GPX2SRT in conjunction with other applications. Houdah GPS is a nice graphical tool you can download tracks & waypoints with; support nearly every type of GPS. ***I've tried Paralog Desktop for Mac but it requires a version of Java that only Mac OSX 5 (Leopard) has. Hmm they don't do the java updates for 10.4 any more? Strange...Costyn van Dongen - http://www.flylikebrick.com/ - World Wide Wingsuit News Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPAWNmaster 0 #13 April 22, 2009 Thanks! I'll try that out. As far as 10.4 java updates, they only go up to Java 5 :/ Edit to add: Houdah works great, thanks much! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michal.slesingr 0 #14 February 24, 2010 Hi, I believe that this stuff can be hosted on dropzone etc. just ask the admin and add your credits.. ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
michal.slesingr 0 #15 February 24, 2010 Hi gpsbabel provides probably much more functions than houdah, anyway I'm using both. ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
As far as 10.4 java updates, they only go up to Java 5 :/
Edit to add: Houdah works great, thanks much!
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