Feature Types

waypoints

Geometry type: fme_point

Feature Attribute Description
cmt Comment for the waypoint.

desc

Description of the waypoint.

ele

Elevation, in meters.

name

Name of the point.

If not provided, the name is WPTXXX, where XXX is an auto-incrementing counter.

sym

Name of the symbol for the point. If not provided, the default is “Waypoint”. The name must be a recognized Garmin icon name. “Bell” is used for unrecognized symbol names.

For a list of valid symbol names, refer to garmin_tables.c in the GPSBabel source code. The source for GPSBabel is available at http://www.gpsbabel.org.

time

Creation date/time, in UTC.

When writing, times that have time zones will be converted to UTC.

Format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS

routes

Geometry type: fme_line

Feature Attribute Description
name

Name of the route.

To provide a value for this attribute when using route_points, use the route_name attribute on the first point.

The default is RouteXXXXXX, where XXXXXX is an automatically-generated alphanumeric identifier.

route_points

Geometry type: fme_point

Feature Attribute Description
cmt Comment for the waypoint.

desc

 

Description of the waypoint.

ele

Elevation, in meters.

name

Name of the point.

If not provided, the name is RouteXXXX, where XXXX is an auto-incrementing counter.

sym

Name of the symbol for the point. If not provided, the default is “Waypoint”. The name must be a recognized Garmin icon name. “Bell” is used for unrecognized symbol names.

For a list of valid symbol names, refer to garmin_tables.c in the GPSBabel source code. The source for GPSBabel is available at http://www.gpsbabel.org.

time

Creation date/time, in UTC.

When writing, times that have time zones will be converted to UTC.

Format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS

route_fid ID of the route to which the point belongs.
route_point_id ID of the point in the route.
route_name Name of the route. Valid only for the first point in the route.

track_points

Geometry type: fme_point

Feature Attribute Description
ele Elevation in meters.

track_fid

(Required)

ID of the track feature to which the point belongs.

track_seg_id

(Required)

ID of the track segment to which the point belongs.

track_seg_point_id

(Required)

ID of the point.
track_name Name of the track. Valid only for the first point in a track.

tracks

Geometry type: fme_aggregate of lines

Feature Attribute Description
name

Name of the track.

To provide a value for this attribute when using track_points, use the track_name attribute on the first point.

The default is TrackXXXXXX, where XXXXXX is an automatically-generated alphanumeric identifier.