Please provide a jar to run on linux

[pftbest]

Hello, I am trying to run this application but I have no luck so far.

First I tried to just run exe file (like I do with many other applications)

$ java -jar goGPS_FX-0.5.exe
Error: Invalid or corrupt jarfile goGPS_FX-0.5.exe

but it looks like your exe files doesn't support that feature.

Then I tried to build it from source code, but it depends on goGPS-core version 1.0.3-SnapshotGps_0.6 which is not available on github, i can only see 1.1.0 and 1.0.3, but both of them fail to compile with goGPS_FX.

[ZiglioUK]

Hi @pftbest

You're right, this build is broken: the main project has evolved so much that work is needed to fix this one.
But I'm glad you'd like to try it so I'll find some time to bring it up to scratch.
What's your use case?

[pftbest]

@ZiglioNZ , if it's too much work, you don't need to bother, I'm not even sure if this application will do what I need.

I have some *.obs files that came from a tracking colars attached to a wild wolfs. The files start with

     2.00           OBSERVATION DATA    G(GPS)              RINEX VERSION / TYPE
goGPS-java                              03-Jul-17 01:30:33  PGM / RUN BY / DATE
                                                            MARKER NAME
                                                            MARKER NUMBER
                    Lotek Wireless Inc.                     OBSERVER / AGENCY

Since they contain goGPS-java word, I assumed they were created using this library.

What I need is to see a track on a map and/or extract timestamps and coordinates from this files.
I was looking for a software that can do this for me, but I only found very expensive commercial software packages.

[ZiglioUK]

@pftbest well, you've found the right person: I work for Sirtrack (a Lotek company), and I can certainly help.
Give me a few hours and I'll get back to you ;-)

[pftbest]

That is great news! Thank you

[ZiglioUK]

One (important) thing @pftbest first: can you confirm that you have legitimate access to this tracking data?
Lotek's trackers come with software that can process data for you.
If you have trouble with that, you should contact Lotek's customer service.

[pftbest]

If you are asking if I own the trackers, then no, I don't. I got this data from a friend who works at a nature reserve, he placed this trackers on a bats (not wolfs, sorry, wolfs have got a Vertex collars), and then catched the bats again to download the data.

But he has a problem with a software that comes with a trackers, he gets an error when he tries to open the files, a message like failed to parse fix #3 pops up a hundred times.

His colleague from Germany is using GIS software to open this files, so they don't have such problem. He said they tried to contact support (someone named Philipp Wevers) but did not get a good answer.

So he gave me this files and asked if I can find any other software to open them. He knows that I'm a software engineer, so I should be good at finding software :)

[ZiglioUK]

Thank you! could you please send the obs file to my email so I can try to process it?
I'll also follow up with people from Lotek about support.

[ZiglioUK]

@pftbest I haven't had time to look into it yet but you've found the problem to be related to localization happening when we export the kml via JAK/jaxb.
I would suggest if you don't mind, could you open a bug into goGPS's main project?

The JAK library is no longer maintained so it probably doesn't pay opening a bug here:
https://github.com/micromata/javaapiforkml

There's also a group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/javaapiforkml
and StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/jak