RouteConverter 1.25 is ready

Besides the support for the OziExplorer formats and a bunch of fixed bugs this version introduces an improvement for the user interface: context-based menus for the right mouse button

• choose the columns to display on the header of the position table
• add height and description from the geonames.org to the positions of the position table
  

If you're missing the functionality located in the misc tab, you might be successful looking into these context menus.

A last note: Now it's possible to delete duplicated positions conveniently directly inside the select-duplicate-positions-dialog.

I hope you like it?

RouteConverter 1.25 ist fertig

Neben der Unterstützung der OziExplorer-Formate und einer Reihe von behobenen Fehlern führt diese Version eine Neuerung in der Benutzungsoberfläche ein: Kontextmenüs für die rechte Maustaste

• im Kopf der Positionstabelle lassen sich die anzuzeigenden Spalten auswählen
• für die Positionen in der Positionstabelle lassen sich Höheninformation und Beschreibung aus der Datenbank von geonames.org ergänzen
  

Wer also die Funktionen zum Anreichern der Positionsliste im Diverses-Tab vermißt, könnte im Kontextmenü fündig werden.

Eine Kleinigkeit noch: Nun kann man direkt im Markiere-doppelte-Positionen-Dialog die doppelten Positionen löschen.

Ich hoffe, es gefällt?

1.24 is ready

I've just released the latest RouteConverter version 1.24 with the following features:

• reads and writes Navigon Mobile Navigator 7 (*.freshroute) files
• reads and writes Google Earth 5 (*.kml und *.kmz) files
• reads more information from Google Maps-URLs, if you append &output=kml to it
• reads more information from saved emails containing Google Maps-URLs
• writes Google Earth (*.kmz) files
• [more]

This is how RouteConverter looks like:

Garmin changed the GDB and GPI formats recently

... and the current version of gpsbabel does not support these changes. And as RouteConverter relies on gpsbabel for these formats, they cannot be read with RouteConverter.

There are three solutions to this problem:

• switch back to an older version of Garmin MapSource


• beg the gpsbabel developers to support the latest changes


• find another tool, that reads files with the latest changes and ask me to use it in RouteConverter

RouteConverter on a 10.4.11 mac

A user wrote me (and I guess this could be interesting for more mac users):

I have the program RouteconverterMac 1.23 in front of me, but where to search for a routeconverter.log file, and where is the user's temporary directory?

But I don't own a mac and don't know where the temporary directory is. Maybe its /tmp ? The file you need to search for is called "RouteConverter.log"

My mac laptop runs the 10.4.11 version.

I guess that's the reason why the embedded gpsbabel does not work for you: It has been compiled for 10.5.2. Try to find a 10.4 version of gpsbabel or compile gpsbabel for your OS version (http://www.google.de/search?q=gpsbabel+mac+os+x+10.4).

Then configure the path to the gpsbabel binary on the "Misc" tab of RouteConverter.

Motorrad Tourenplaner 2008/2009 und Mobile Navigator 7

Im pocketnavigation.de Forum beschreiben Nutzer, wie sie Routen mit dem Motorrad Tourenplaner in der Version 2008/2009 planen und in Mobile Navigator 7.3.1 übertragen. Und wie RouteConverter dabei helfen kann ;-)
Ich habe mir selbst gerade die wohl letzte Motorrad Tourenplaner Version besorgt und werde mal schaue, was sich verbessert hat und wie sich mein Tom Tom Rider befüllen läßt.

New release upcoming

The latest prerelease version 1.23.18 contains a lot of fixes and new features:

• reads and writes Navigon Mobile Navigator 7 (*.freshroute) files


• reads and writes Google Earth 5 (*.kml und *.kmz) files


• reads more information from Google Maps-URLs, if you append &output=kml to it


• reads more information from saved emails containing Google Maps-URLs


• writes the last position of the previous section into the following section when splitting Google Maps-URLs


• writes Google Earth (*.kmz) files


• better distinguishes tracks and waypoints from Google Earth (*.kml und *.kmz) files


• fixes a bug while reading ITN-, NMEA- and GoPal-files, which are recorded at the January 1st or 1970


• fixes a bug while reading Falk Navigator (*.tour) files


• uses .trk instead of .log as the file extension Magellan Explorist (*.trk) files

Please test it thoroughly and report any problems to the forum.