Kienzle GPS (.txt)

A Kienzle GPS .txt file is a semicolon-separated stop list — one line per address, each carrying a position and a planned arrival time.

At a glance

Extension .txt
Encoding csv

History

RouteConverter's own source does not document which specific Kienzle product or software generated this format, and no independent public documentation of it could be found. Kienzle's business — vehicle fleet, telematics and tachograph systems — traces back to Kienzle Apparate GmbH's tachograph work and the 1980 spin-off Kienzle Datensysteme GmbH; the current Kienzle group still operates in that fleet/telematics space today.

Where it is used

The file lists stops for a planned route — an organization or receiver name, a postal code, city, street and house number, plus a planned arrival time for each stop — the shape of an output from fleet or tour-planning software rather than a consumer GPS device.

Structure

A semicolon-separated text file with a fixed header line ("Position;X;Y;Empfänger;Land;PLZ;Ort;Strasse;Hausnummer;Planankunft;Zusatzinfos") followed by one line per stop: an index, longitude, latitude, receiver/ organization name, country (usually empty), postal code, city, street, house number, and a planned arrival time in HH:mm — a trailing "extra info" field is present in the header but not read.

How widespread

No evidence of current or widespread use could be found; RouteConverter's support appears aimed at a specific, undocumented Kienzle export rather than a broadly-adopted interchange format.

RouteConverter support

Reads Kienzle GPS

RouteConverter reads this format but cannot write it.

RouteConverter only reads Kienzle GPS files; writing is not supported.

Specifications and documentation