Create GPX files with your TomTom
I wanted to turn my TomTom One GPS device into a tracking device, producing gpx files that can be used in several programs.
The TomTom software delivered with the device isn’t capable of producing these files, luckely it is possible to add software.
In my first TomTom blog post I mentioned Event Logger. This is such software you can install on top of your tomtom device, while still using your navigation sofware like before.
The Event Logger software is capable of syncing your time with the gps-satellites, automatically switching between day and night colors, logging events, logging tracks, …
The packages also includes a build of top which proves that the device is really running Linux.
The functionality of Event Logger can be tuned in a configuration file. Some basic actions, like enabling or disabling of features, can be triggered from a button within the graphical menu on your device.
The downside of this extra program on your navigation device is that it takes longer to boot and shutdown.
Recently I noticed that when the device is powered off it automatically reboots. Still haven’t found why it is rebooting, I hope I find the problem or it gets fixed in the next release.
August 25th, 2007
Hi,
I have a TomTom One XL (software version 6.594) and I have had the same problem after installing Event_Logger (version 7.1). Also the unit crashed several times. I removed Event_Logger by taping “Change preferences > Reset factory settings”. Since then, the unit is faster (as it was before installing Event_Logger) and does not crash. I really need to produce those gpx files as that is one of the reasons that I bough the unit. I hope that Event_Logger fixes the issues with TomTom.
August 25th, 2007
In my next blog post about gpx files you can see that I’m no longer using Event Logger but I switchec to nmealogger. More info you can find in that specific blog post