Create GPX files with your TomTom (2)
An other application for the TomTom devices is nmealogger. This logger will log all the data received from the gps device into a file. This data includes the actual position, the current date and time, the amount and reception of the satellites, …
The format of information which is generated by a gps device is mostly in the NMEA format, it is also stored in a file in that format. The information of these files can be converted to any other format by gpsbabel.
The zip file you can download from the site contains a .cab file and a .toc file. The files are provided in that format because it can be installed from the TomTom HOME application.
That TomTom application isn’t working on linux therefore you must install it manually.
The .cab file is the only file we need. It is an archive file containing all files which need to be stored on the cf of the TomTom device. These files need to be extracted and the directory structure has to be intact.
[johan@raskas ~]$ file nmealogger_v1.4.cab
nmealogger_v1.4.cab: Microsoft Cabinet archive data, 686973 bytes, 16 files
[johan@raskas ~]$ cabextract nmealogger_v1.4.cab
Extracting cabinet: nmealogger_v1.4.cab
extracting nmealogger/nmealogger
extracting skin/Arial.ttf
...
extracting skin/tomtom.bmp
extracting sdkregistry/nmealogger.bmp
extracting sdkregistry/nmealogger.cap
Once you’re device is booted with the nmealogger files installed you will find a new menu entry. There you can start / stop the logging.
September 16th, 2007
Another valid possibility for logging directly to GPX is TripMaster, again from Webazar.
I’m starting to put together a list of TomTom resources (especially software, since it’s quite hard to find it, especially considering few sites are in English) at http://tomtom.instant-wiki.net – contribute if you want!
November 20th, 2007
is it possible to start and run nmea logger in the background along with tomtom boot up and run it without noticing any change (ie, run silently in the background) in the tomtom user interface? if it is able to do so, will it result in a valid gpx file if tomtom is switched off?
June 26th, 2009
i was thinking about purchasing a TomTom gps for my car through this gps ratings web site.. would you reccomend it and is this GPX feature something anyone could do? or is it too advanced?