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![]() In article S4Vfd.119962$Lo6.87151@fed1read03, RG wrote: Yeah, but Garmin does something funky with the data. I can't quite figure it out, although to be honest, it's not my cup of tea. It has to do with how the data is compressed - it's almost as if they strip certain characters that are conjunctive with certain other characters just to throw a monkey into the works. I'm not saying that is what it is, but it acts like it. Hmm. I'm not seeing that at all. Just pure, unadulterated ASCII text. Are you sure you're doing a text export of the data and not a .dxf export? When I open the exported text file into Excel, it looks just like you'd expect it to. Waypoint names, descriptions, and coordinates all neatly arranged in columns, represented by simple ASCII text. I mean really, what would be the point of offering an ASCII text export of data (sort of a baseline universal language, if you will), if you're going to booger up the data in the process? The only reworking of the data you might have to do to use it for another purpose is to strip out some of the extraneous columns (data fields) that you don't need and perhaps removing the header row. I'd be happy to email you a small sample exported file for your review if you'd like. I've had no problem with Garmin's data interchange format either. -- -- Karl Denninger ) Internet Consultant & Kids Rights Activist http://www.denninger.net My home on the net - links to everything I do! http://scubaforum.org Your UNCENSORED place to talk about DIVING! http://www.spamcuda.net SPAM FREE mailboxes - FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME! http://genesis3.blogspot.com Musings Of A Sentient Mind |
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