Anquet import question

GeoffC said:

Can someone tell me the Route format that Anquet will
import, and if there is a program that will convert to it
from other formats?.

I think GPS Utility has been upgraded to convert
Anquet files.

Quoted message said:

I've seen some posts about .arf files, which are
proprietary and non-ASCII (I've looked at an example), but
then I've seen others mentioning .aef files and I don't
have any of those. What's the difference?.

Don't know offhand because I don't have it installed at
the moment, but I believe they've added the option to
save and load different sets of paths and icons so that
may be it (paths and icons used to remain on the maps
permanently which was a major pain because I like to draw
different things on the same maps - I had to mess around
renaming folders instead - haven't tried the new saving
and loading yet).

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The Anquet site is totally unhelpful because I can't
access anything of use without being a registered owner.

They are a bit paranoid aren't they?

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I am including download links on our website for our
routes, which I produce by Memory-Map in .rxf format, but
it would be nice to include other formats as well.

I think it would be very nice if GPS software like Anquet,
Memory Map, OziExplorer etc, could all agree on some kind of
standard so that GPS users could share tracks, waypoints and
routes without all this conversion nonsense.

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Paul Saunders said:

I think it would be very nice if GPS software like Anquet,
Memory Map, OziExplorer etc, could all agree on some kind
of standard so that GPS users could share tracks,
waypoints and routes without all this conversion nonsense.

There is a standard: GPX, unfortunately most of the software
e.g. OziExplorer, GPSU etc pre-dates it which is why they
have their own format. I suspect other less functional
software products are slow to adopt it because their own
proprietry standards tie in users to their products.

I've noticed that GPX is gaining popularity and is
increasingly supported by more and more products.

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GeoffC said:

Can someone tell me the Route format that Anquet will
import, and if there is a program that will convert to it
from other formats?.

I've seen some posts about .arf files, which are
proprietary and non-ASCII (I've looked at an example), but
then I've seen others mentioning .aef files and I don't
have any of those. What's the difference?. The Anquet site
is totally unhelpful because I can't access anything of
use without being a registered owner.

I am including download links on our website for our
routes, which I produce by Memory-Map in .rxf format, but
it would be nice to include other formats as well.

All the routes I have saved myself are in .arf format, and I
think the routes on the anquet site are the same. Don't know
about .aef, sorry.

Bernie

Bernie Hughes said:

All the routes I have saved myself are in .arf format, and
I think the routes on the anquet site are the same. Don't
know about .aef, sorry.

Bernie

That's interesting, the .aef extension was the one in GPS
Utility's drop-down list for Anquet format, I just assumed
it was an ASCII variation of a waypoint file since the
file produced is in fact printable. GPSU doesn't mention
.arf format.

I created a small route in .rxf format and converted it
using the latest GPSU, choosing the .aef Anquet format that
it suggested. I sent this file to an Anquet user to try
importing it, but it won't recognise it at all. Back to the
drawing board.

Come to think of it, since a .arf file is non-printable
binary, GPSU would need a detailed spec of the format to do
the conversion - but presumably Anquet wouldn't give them
that. If I had the time I'd try to decipher it myself and
write a converter, if only for the satisfaction of annoying
the hell out of them.

Regards Geoff

-- GeoffC

aef. format is the format that Anquet use in their new
software and is used to save data in export format so that
it can be re-imported directly into the quick list.
Regards, Kenneth.

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Bernie Hughes said:

All the routes I have saved myself are in .arf format,
and I think the routes on the anquet site are the same.
Don't know about .aef, sorry.

Bernie

That's interesting, the .aef extension was the one in GPS
Utility's drop-down list for Anquet format, I just assumed
it was an ASCII variation of a waypoint file since the
file produced is in fact printable. GPSU doesn't mention
.arf format.

I created a small route in .rxf format and converted it
using the latest GPSU, choosing the .aef Anquet format
that it suggested. I sent this file to an Anquet user to
try importing it, but it won't recognise it at all. Back
to the drawing board.

Come to think of it, since a .arf file is non-printable
binary, GPSU would need a detailed spec of the format to
do the conversion - but presumably Anquet wouldn't give
them that. If I had the time I'd try to decipher it myself
and write a converter, if only for the satisfaction of
annoying the hell out of them.

Regards Geoff

-- GeoffC