dashcam2gpx

Note

Your dashcam footage may already come with GPS information already embedded! Try the provided extract_gpx.sh script before using dashcam2gpx.py. It will be more accurate and run much faster. extract_gpx.sh requires exiftool to be installed on your system. Usage:

./extract_gpx.sh FILE1 [FILE2 [FILE3 [...]]]

Extract GPS tracks and speed from dashcam videos with embedded overlays, and export them as a GPX file that can be loaded into mapping tools (Google Earth, Garmin, etc.).

Features

• Supports dashcam videos with overlay text like 102KM/H N:53.8235 E:10.5033
• Extracts:
  • Latitude / Longitude
  • Speed
• Exports to GPX 1.1 with speed included

Installation

1. Clone the repo.

2. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install Tesseract OCR.

Usage example

python extract.py video.mp4 -o data.gpx -s 10

Notes

• Adjust sample_seconds (lower = more precise track, higher = faster processing) to your liking.
• Crop region may need adjustment depending on your dashcam overlay location. I am using a VIOFO A229 Pro, the region might be different for your dashcam!
• Preprocessing is applied for better OCR accuracy.