element14 Community
element14 Community
    Register Log In
  • Site
  • Search
  • Log In Register
  • About Us
  • Community Hub
    Community Hub
    • What's New on element14
    • Feedback and Support
    • Benefits of Membership
    • Personal Blogs
    • Members Area
    • Achievement Levels
  • Learn
    Learn
    • Ask an Expert
    • eBooks
    • element14 presents
    • Learning Center
    • Tech Spotlight
    • STEM Academy
    • Webinars, Training and Events
    • Learning Groups
  • Technologies
    Technologies
    • 3D Printing
    • FPGA
    • Industrial Automation
    • Internet of Things
    • Power & Energy
    • Sensors
    • Technology Groups
  • Challenges & Projects
    Challenges & Projects
    • Design Challenges
    • element14 presents Projects
    • Project14
    • Arduino Projects
    • Raspberry Pi Projects
    • Project Groups
  • Products
    Products
    • Arduino
    • Avnet Boards Community
    • Dev Tools
    • Manufacturers
    • Multicomp Pro
    • Product Groups
    • Raspberry Pi
    • RoadTests & Reviews
  • Store
    Store
    • Visit Your Store
    • Choose another store...
      • Europe
      •  Austria (German)
      •  Belgium (Dutch, French)
      •  Bulgaria (Bulgarian)
      •  Czech Republic (Czech)
      •  Denmark (Danish)
      •  Estonia (Estonian)
      •  Finland (Finnish)
      •  France (French)
      •  Germany (German)
      •  Hungary (Hungarian)
      •  Ireland
      •  Israel
      •  Italy (Italian)
      •  Latvia (Latvian)
      •  
      •  Lithuania (Lithuanian)
      •  Netherlands (Dutch)
      •  Norway (Norwegian)
      •  Poland (Polish)
      •  Portugal (Portuguese)
      •  Romania (Romanian)
      •  Russia (Russian)
      •  Slovakia (Slovak)
      •  Slovenia (Slovenian)
      •  Spain (Spanish)
      •  Sweden (Swedish)
      •  Switzerland(German, French)
      •  Turkey (Turkish)
      •  United Kingdom
      • Asia Pacific
      •  Australia
      •  China
      •  Hong Kong
      •  India
      •  Korea (Korean)
      •  Malaysia
      •  New Zealand
      •  Philippines
      •  Singapore
      •  Taiwan
      •  Thailand (Thai)
      • Americas
      •  Brazil (Portuguese)
      •  Canada
      •  Mexico (Spanish)
      •  United States
      Can't find the country/region you're looking for? Visit our export site or find a local distributor.
  • Translate
  • Profile
  • Settings
Internet of Things
  • Technologies
  • More
Internet of Things
Forum What is a good tool to visualize/plot GPS data?
  • Blog
  • Forum
  • Documents
  • Quiz
  • Events
  • Polls
  • Members
  • Mentions
  • Sub-Groups
  • Tags
  • More
  • Cancel
  • New
Join Internet of Things to participate - click to join for free!
Actions
  • Share
  • More
  • Cancel
Forum Thread Details
  • State Suggested Answer
  • Replies 18 replies
  • Answers 4 answers
  • Subscribers 500 subscribers
  • Views 16553 views
  • Users 0 members are here
  • Google Maps
  • gps tracker
  • data visualization
  • gps
  • gps visualizer
Related

What is a good tool to visualize/plot GPS data?

ralphjy
ralphjy over 3 years ago

I'm starting to collect GPS data on routes that I walk with my granddog and am in search of a good visualization tool.

I've used Google Maps, but not Google Earth.  And I've just tried GPS Visualizer.  I imported CSV data files with Lat/Long/Date/Time info.

Before I invest a lot of time, I thought that I'd take a quick survey to see if anyone has recommendations or opinions on a visualization tool.  Ideally I'd like to be able to dynamically update the plot (maybe play recorded data sequentially).  Is there a particular data format that I should look at?  I am currently using the default format from nRF Cloud.

Here is an plot example using Google Maps - I selected a data point to display the data format.

image

And the same data in GPS Visualizer showing the tracking.

image

  • Sign in to reply
  • Cancel

Top Replies

  • feiticeir0
    feiticeir0 over 3 years ago +4 suggested
    I've used Viking for my Geocaches adventures. It has versions for windows and Linux, but I was able to compile it in MacOS Big Sur. You can add layers with several different kinds of maps - OpenStreetmap…
  • skruglewicz
    skruglewicz over 3 years ago +3
    Hello ralphjy very interesting inquire. I haven't tried it myself ,but there is a Map widget on the Arduino IoT clouds dashboard editor. i have used the IoT cloud for Visualization of telemetry data…
  • dougw
    dougw over 3 years ago +3
    There are a bunch of phone apps like Mapmyrun that seems like they could do what you want. I have only used GPSWox, but is only free for a trial period.
Parents
  • Gough Lui
    0 Gough Lui over 3 years ago

    I usually use Google Earth and export my data as either .gpx or .kml so it can be plotted and visualised as a track with time animation. It's barely adequate ...

    - Gough

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +2 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
  • ralphjy
    0 ralphjy over 3 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

    It seems that most apps/programs can use the .gpx format, so that seems like the right approach.  I'll need to see if the nRF Cloud can export it that way or if I need to do some post-processing.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
Reply
  • ralphjy
    0 ralphjy over 3 years ago in reply to Gough Lui

    It seems that most apps/programs can use the .gpx format, so that seems like the right approach.  I'll need to see if the nRF Cloud can export it that way or if I need to do some post-processing.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up +1 Vote Down
    • Sign in to reply
    • Verify Answer
    • Cancel
Children
No Data
element14 Community

element14 is the first online community specifically for engineers. Connect with your peers and get expert answers to your questions.

  • Members
  • Learn
  • Technologies
  • Challenges & Projects
  • Products
  • Store
  • About Us
  • Feedback & Support
  • FAQs
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Legal and Copyright Notices
  • Sitemap
  • Cookies

An Avnet Company © 2025 Premier Farnell Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Premier Farnell Ltd, registered in England and Wales (no 00876412), registered office: Farnell House, Forge Lane, Leeds LS12 2NE.

ICP 备案号 10220084.

Follow element14

  • X
  • Facebook
  • linkedin
  • YouTube