>A question for the software wizards out there. Who better to ask than Naviter...
There's a link the the structure of cup files on the LKSC website: http://www.keepitsoaring.com/LKSC/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=112 Watch for carriage returns in that address. Anyway, the blah on the LKSC website says: A really good format for keeping these lists is the SeeYou cup format. This is also supported by some navigation computers such as the LX series. There are several reasons why this format is good. The .cup format is just comma delimited text or .csv. This means you can import the file into a navigation program or, by just changing the file's tag, into a spreadsheet or word processing program. With a program such as SeeYou or a text editor like BBedit, it is possible to sort the list, remove duplicates and append new items to the list. Note, be very careful of programs like Word which will try and add styles and formatting. The files should be plain text. Being just a simple text format, it is an easy matter to enter tasks directly into the list. In fact this is probably faster with a text processor than using a dedicted navigation program if you know in advance what the waypoints in the task are. Once they are loaded into a waypoints list in text format, they can be read into most navigation computers or software. The format of the .cup files is published by Naviter (SeeYou) and it occupies just one and a half pages. Easy. A pdf file on this is included below. In SeeYou, it is possible to sort the waypoints by distance or bearing, and then select a group of these to export. This gives a list centred around a home waypoint or with a range of bearings from that waypoint, and a quantity that most GPS or navigation computers can work with. Or get the same thing from the Slovenian horses mouth. D On 06/09/2010, John Orton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > A good first starting point fro turnpoint importing is this training video > clip made by Paul Remde of Cumulus Soaring > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGXKVq_jCE > > If you want to import from Excel you will need to save the file from Excel > into a *.csv format (comma separated variable) file with the records in the > format as follows. > name,code,country,lat,lon,elev,style,rwdir,rwlen,freq,desc > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGXKVq_jCE>"Cunderdin > Aerodrome",CNDRDNRD,AU,3137.396S,11712.989E,702.1ft,5,50,1850.1ft,"126.700","Start > Point, Finish Point, Turn Point, Aerodrome" > > Not all of the fields are required however if omitted then a double ,, must > be used to show an empty field. > > "CUNAIR",CUNAIR,,3137.400S,11712.983E,705.0ft,5,0,0.0ft,, > > You can save into different file format such as *.dat (Cambridge) this > requires a lot less info in the record however it does want the turnpoint > records numbered. > This is the 41st record in one of my files. > 41,31:37.400S,117:12.983E,215M,TAL,CUNAIR, > > > It can take a bit of fiddling to get it right. > Seeyou will see the file and open it when you ask it to look at All File > types. > > Regards, > John Orton > > > > On 6 September 2010 09:50, Stuart & Kerri FERGUSON > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A question for the software wizards out there. >> >> >> >> Does anyone know how to convert/import a list of Waypoints from an Excel >> Spreadsheet >> >> Into SeeYou without entering each waypoint individually ? >> >> >> >> SDF >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
