Hi,
GPSBabel is a nice workaround, but I am quite happy it's not used by QMapShack right now. In QLandkarte I had to tell users one time too much to make sure to have GPSBabel installed. And as we have such a nice flexible implementation for track point extensions right now, it's much more interesting to have a native support. Not sure if GPSBabel converts every extension to GPX. With a native support we can ensure that every extension is read. I discussed it with Ivo and we agreed on taking the way through Stony Gulch writing our own code. After all Garmin produced worse formats than FIT. So it's not that hard to do. But it will take some time. Oliver Am 25.11.2015 um 19:31 schrieb Christian Eichler: > Hi, > > this is only partially related to the initial question, but maybe useful: > GPSBabel [1] provides (at least basic) support for reading .fit files and > is released under GPL-2(+). > > Their implementation does only allow reading .fit files, but maybe it > can be used as a basis for .fit support in QMS. > > -chris > > [1] http://www.gpsbabel.org/index.html > > On Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:30:54 +0100 > Oliver Eichler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok, we will drop it. >> >> Thanks for the feedback. >> >> Oliver >> >> Am Mittwoch, 25. November 2015, 10:06:41 schrieb Sebastiaan Couwenberg: >>> On 25-11-15 09:51, Oliver Eichler wrote: >>>> Hi Dan, >>>> >>>> yes this is what made me ask :) >>>> >>>> I found a bit more background: >>>> >>>> https://www.thisisant.com/resources/fit >>>> >>>> The current problem is: Ivo volunteered to add FIT support to QMapShack. >>>> See the branch in the repo. As implementing the protocol right from >>>> scratch is a pretty hideous task, he used the SDK. This saves a huge >>>> amount of work, if it is compatible with the GPL3+. >>> It clearly is not compatible with GPL-3+. >>> >>> They claim copyright, but don't provide rights to modify or distribute, >>> so it remains their exclusive right. These rights must be granted to be >>> compatible with the GPL-3+. >>> >>> >From the FIT SDK Agreement: >>> " >>> The Licensee agrees that it will not distribute, transfer, or >>> otherwise provide the FIT SDK and source code files to any person or >>> entity other than employees of Licensee who have a need to have access >>> to such information. The FIT SDK and source code files and any other >>> information provided by Dynastream to Licensee hereunder are >>> confidential and proprietary information of Dynastream, and Licensee >>> agrees that it will not use or disclose any of such information other >>> than as expressly permitted under this Agreement. >>> " >>> >>> The first sentence of this paragraph makes the SDK files clearly >>> non-free and incompatible with the GPL. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> >>> Bas > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK > Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. > Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. > Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Qlandkartegt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go from Idea to Many App Stores Faster with Intel(R) XDK Give your users amazing mobile app experiences with Intel(R) XDK. Use one codebase in this all-in-one HTML5 development environment. Design, debug & build mobile apps & 2D/3D high-impact games for multiple OSs. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=254741551&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Qlandkartegt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qlandkartegt-users
