One of the things I’ve wanted to find out how to do ever since I got myself a TomTom ONE last year was being able to save the GPS track info to a file, so that this data could be later visualized on Google Earth or any of the sport-tracks programs available for jogging, biking, etc. (like TrailRunner for MacOS X). There are several formats to this end, GPX being the more extended one (and XML-based).
I’ve finally found a small program that is installed on the TomTom SD card (that, by the way, is an embedded Linux!) and stores all the GPS data on a GPX file:
Don’t get fooled by its name, as it supports more TomTom models besides the GO. And in fact, there’s a new 7.2 release (as of now only available to those who have donated money to the project) that improves compatibility with all the TomTom models and fixes several annoying issues present on previous releases.
Give it a try, it’s quite useful. And besides archiving routes, Event_Logger adds another feature to the TomTom that’s available on ther GPS units and I really missed on my ONE: automatic night-mode switching, depending on the calculated sunrise/sunset times four your current GPS possition. :)
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