This script converts the suunto android app track data to gpx or geojson files
A suunto sports watch can record track data, but the suunto app does not have a share or export function to create gpx files from that data.
UPDATE:
- the Suunto App now has the possibility to save GPX data from a track, so this script may be obsolete now
- Steps:
- record your activity as usual
- open activity in suunto app, choose the 3-dot menu, then ‘Save route’
- Give route a name and click Save
- Close the activity and go to the routes
- Find the saved route and click the share icon
- Share the link to your browser.
- A GPX file will be saved
This script takes a zip file from the android app, typically stored at <Internal Storage>/Android/data/com.stt.suunto/files/smlzip/ and converts the samples taken by the watch and stored in JSON files to a GPX file.
To get the zip-files from the android device to a machine that runs python I use syncthing but any other file transfer tool would do just fine.
Alternative methods to reach the same result:
- export the activity from the suunto app as ‘garmin fit’ file from the menu and use gpsbabel to convert to a gpx file. This method is possibly simpler to use, but harder to automate as the fit files need to be generated manually each time after an activity.