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Overview

Waypoint-Catcher is a very simple application to record waypoints on the Nokia N810. It starts the GPS subsystem of the device when not already running. It mainly consists of a single huge button. By pressing this button, the current position gets retrieved. A name (and optionally a comment) can be entered and then saved to a CSV file in the MyDocs directory. This CSV file can afterwards be converted to a GPX file with the following gpsbabel command:
gpsbabel -w -i unicsv -c UTF-8 -f waypoints.csv -o gpx -F waypoints.gpx

If you prefer a graphical application, you can use Gebabbel (as found on this homepage), a frontend for gpsbabel:

Such waypoints can be loaded in JOSM, the Java openstreetmap editor.

Installation via ssh/scp

• Download WaypointCatcher.tar.gz.
• Extract the file.
• cd to the resulting folder.
• Copy the files to the right locations. For Maemo 4.1 on an N810, the following commands should do the job:
• scp waypoint-catcher root@tablet:/usr/local/bin/
• scp waypoint-catcher.desktop root@tablet:/usr/share/applications/hildon
• If the icon is missing, copy them over as well:
• scp qgn_widg_wizard_50.png root@tablet:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/50x50/hildon/
• scp qgn_widg_wizard_26.png root@tablet:/usr/share/icons/hicolor/26x26/hildon/

Manual installation

Copy the files manually to the directories listed above.

Usage

Waypoint-Catcher now should appear in the menu Extras of the device. Usage is simple. Just press the button and enter a name (see screenshot).

License

This program is (c) Christoph Eckert 2009.
It was released as public domain.
Use it at your own risk only.
The author is not responsible for any unwanted result that is caused by running this program.