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Support => Troubles & Questions => Topic started by: Mr_Bakerman on May 25, 2013, 10:44:35

Title: import of .txt file as poi
Post by: Mr_Bakerman on May 25, 2013, 10:44:35
Hi all,
 I had trouble importing poi from textfile. Which structure is neccessary to produce a supported format. i.e header or no header.  which order for Lat, Long, Atributes , what is the recommended texteditor to get real clean file?
Yesterday my solution was fiddeling a textfile together, converted it with GPS Babel to KML. What did I wrong?
 Structure was North and East in decdegree plus a names collum delimmited with (,t) created with notepad++ saved as .txt 204  entries long, no header.

Thnx for any hint
Title: Re: import of .txt file as poi
Post by: gynta on May 25, 2013, 12:06:22
There are lot of different plain coordinate *.txt-formats. (You can see also in GPSbabel)

edit

text...
47.00156, 12.55647, mypoint1
46.99938, 12.55654, mypoint2
46.99914, 12.55731, mypoint3
46.99768, 12.55931, mypoint4
46.99634, 12.55897, mypoint5
47.00048, 12.55963, mypoint6
47.00106, 12.56069, mypoint7
47.00001, 12.56086, mypoint8
46.99820, 12.56196, mypoint9
47.00175, 12.56157, mypoint10

converted with...
[attachment=1:3gos9khf]2013-05-25_121909.png[/attachment:3gos9khf]

give me...
[attachment=0:3gos9khf]2013-05-25_122225.png[/attachment:3gos9khf]
Title: Re: import of .txt file as poi
Post by: Mr_Bakerman on May 25, 2013, 14:55:39
It's not the problem to convert it with Gps Babel.I thought Locus woul be able to deal directly with *.txt or *.dat.
[attachment=0:3psucc5d]Items-1818611168.png[/attachment:3psucc5d]

this tells me more or less that Locus can deal with *.txt or similar or do I understand it wrong?
But while trying to import it says ' unsupported format.

Thanx for every support
Title: Re: import of .txt file as poi
Post by: gynta on May 25, 2013, 18:23:27
Quote from: "Mr_Bakerman"...or do I understand it wrong?
Yes  ;)

http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual ... ed_formats (http://docs.locusmap.eu/doku.php/manual:import_dialog#supported_formats)
http://www.locusmap.eu/dt_portfolio/supported-formats/ (http://www.locusmap.eu/dt_portfolio/supported-formats/)

But you are right.
The derscription is not clear enough...
Title: Re: import of .txt file as poi
Post by: Mr_Bakerman on May 25, 2013, 19:05:08
Ok, thanks, my fault. And good to know, saves a lot of time fiddeling arround.

But probably a task for the future   ;) .

Bye and thnx again.