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oce (version 1.0-1)

read.gps: Read a GPS File

Description

Reads GPX format files by simply finding all longitudes and latitudes; in other words, information on separate tracks, or waypoints, etc., is lost.

Usage

read.gps(file, type = NULL, debug = getOption("oceDebug"),
  processingLog)

Arguments

file

name of file containing gps data.

type

type of file, which will be inferred from examination of the data if not supplied. In the present version, the only choice for type is "gpx".

debug

set to TRUE to print information about the header, etc.

processingLog

if provided, the action item to be stored in the log. (Typically only provided for internal calls; the default that it provides is better for normal calls by a user.)

Value

An object of class "gps".

See Also

Other things related to gps data: [[,gps-method, [[<-,gps-method, as.gps, gps-class, plot,gps-method, summary,gps-method