gpx-linesman 0.1.2

Command line tool for measuring the straightness of a gpx track

linesman

linesman is a small python command line tool calculating quality measures for the straightness of a gpx track. The project is inspired by the "I attempted to cross <country> in a completely straight line" series by the youtuber GeoWizard.

Installation

As a python package, linesman is installed via pip (the package is named gpx-linesman):

pip install gpx-linesman

After installing the package, you should be able to run linesman:

linesman --help

Usage

Currently, three deviation measures are implemented: max_m (maximum deviation to the straight line in meters), avg_m (average deviation to the straight line in meters) and avg_sq_m (average squared deviation).

Without special arguments, the maximum deviation is being calculated:

linesman <file.gpx> <lon_start,lat_start> <lon_end,lat_end>

Calculating the average deviation:

linesman <file.gpx> <lon_start,lat_start> <lon_end,lat_end> --using avg_m

For an example gpx file, see examples/simple.gpx.