Drawing problems and lockups

All users, that have problems with RouteConverter locking up the machine or stopping to update the map view: Please try the new prerelease version.


If you'd like to use the new POI and Route planning modes: Try it as well and give me feedback.

1.18 is ready

The latest version 1.18 from 05/26/08

• reads and writes Magellan Explorist (*.log) files
• offers the option to print the map
• offers the option to renumber the position comments like "Position 12"
• offers the option to filter the files by their extension inside the file chooser
• moves the map only if a position is located outside the visible map area
• fixes a bug while writing Navigon Mobile Navigator 6 files
• fixes a bug while writing longitude and latitude values of NMEA logs
• fixes a bug while reading "emoty" Google Earth files
• fixes a bug which showed all save options for all formats that may store more than one route per file
• fixes a lockup when the map size was changed while the route is painted

1.18 is ready

The latest version 1.18 from 05/26/08

• reads and writes Magellan Explorist (*.log) files
• offers the option to print the map
• offers the option to renumber the position comments like "Position 12"
• offers the option to filter the files by their extension inside the file chooser
• moves the map only if a position is located outside the visible map area
• fixes a bug while writing Navigon Mobile Navigator 6 files
• fixes a bug while writing longitude and latitude values of NMEA logs
• fixes a bug while reading "emoty" Google Earth files
• fixes a bug which showed all save options for all formats that may store more than one route per file
• fixes a lockup when the map size was changed while the route is painted

ITNConv is dead

The last update is now more than a year old...

1.17 is ready

The latest version 1.17 from 04/26/08

• reads and writes ViaMichelin (*.xvm) files
• allows to split position lists at selected positions
• sorts categories by name and routes by description in browsing mode
• allows to drag and drop routes and categories in browsing mode
• shows who created a route in browsing mode
• shows the option to store a position list as route, track and waypoints only if there is one position list
• fixes a bug while searching newer versions which announced a new version "null"
• fixes a bug when the map view was not updated anymore and RouteConverter could only be stopped by stopping IeEmbed.exe after deleting a large number of positions
• fixes a bug when the map view was not updated anymore and RouteConverter could only be stopped by stopping IeEmbed.exe after extensive moving of positions
• fixes a bug while reading NMEA logs from AMOD AGL3080 GPS Data Logger/Photo Tracker
• fixes a bug while reading Map&Guide Motorrad Tourenplaner 2007/2008 files
• fixes a bug while writing Navigon Mobile Navigator 4 files
• fixes a bug while interpreting the geocode attribute from Google Maps URLs

New version about to be released

If you like, have a look at the prerelease for 1.17:

• Java 6 Windows-Version as a jar
• Java 5-Version as a jar
• Linux-Version as a jar
• Mac-Version as a jar

1.16 is ready

RouteConverter is a tool to convert routes. It helps me and I hope it could help you.

The latest version 1.16 from 03/23/08

• reads and writes MagicMaps Project (*.ikt) files
• reads and writes Falk Navigator (*.tour) files
• reads and writes GoPal Route (*.xml) files
• reads and writes National Geographic Topo 3 bis 4 (*.tpo) files
• allows to use the views Mapnik and T@H from OpenStreetMap
• shows french texts if this is configured by the operating system
• trims file names before and not after the input of the user
• supports GGA sentences from the Sony CS1 GPS Module
• supports $PMGNTRK sentences from Garmin devices
• interprets the geocode attribute from Google Maps URLs
• averages the time from surrounding positions when inserting new positions
• allows to insert positions to the position list by pressing the Insert (Ins) key
• allows to remove positions from the position list by pressing the Delete (Del) key
• fixes a bug when writing GoPal Tracks, if no conversion was needed

And this is how it looks like: