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  <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Google Directions XML (googledir)</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fmt_globalsat.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. The Formats</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fmt_kml.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" ><a id="fmt_googledir"></a>Google Directions XML (googledir)</h2></div></div></div><p class="fmtcapshdr">
    This format can...
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          read tracks
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use the <a class="ulink" href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/" target="_top">
	Google Directions API</a>.
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If you use a Unix-compatible
operating system, this shell script might be useful:
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#!/bin/sh 
FROM="233 S. Upper Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL" 
TO="1060 W. Addison St, Chicago, IL" 
URL="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/xml"
wget -O - "$URL?origin=$FROM&amp;destination=$TO&amp;sensor=false" \
2&gt;/dev/null &gt;google_map.xml
gpsbabel -i googledir -f google_map.xml -o gpx -F google_map.gpx
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