Haicom Logger (.csv)

A Haicom Logger .csv file is the track export from a Haicom GPS data logger — one row per fix, with position, altitude, heading and speed.

At a glance

Extension .csv
Encoding text
Invented 2000
By Haicom Electronics Corp.

History

Haicom Electronics Corp. was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan; per its distributor site it has more than two decades of GPS and IoT hardware experience, including GPS data loggers among its product lines.

Where it is used

Written by the bundled software of Haicom's standalone GPS data loggers when exporting a recorded track for use in mapping or GIS tools.

Structure

A CSV file with a fixed header line ("INDEX,RCR,DATE,TIME,LATITUDE,N/S,LONGITUDE, E/W,ALTITUDE,COURSE,SPEED") followed by one row per fix: index, a record marker, date, time, latitude with N/S hemisphere letter, longitude with E/W hemisphere letter, altitude in metres, heading and speed in km/h.

How widespread

Haicom continues to sell GPS/IoT hardware as of this writing, though its current catalogue is dominated by GSM/GPS trackers rather than the standalone logger product line this format originates from.

RouteConverter support

Reads Haicom Logger
Writes Haicom Logger

RouteConverter reads and writes this format; a separate damage-tolerant GarbleHaicomLoggerFormat reader retries files with corrupted lines that the strict reader would otherwise reject outright.

Specifications and documentation