Route 66 POI (.csv)
A Route 66 POI .csv file is a custom point-of-interest list for Route 66's PC and PocketPC/Windows Mobile navigation software — one line per point, longitude, latitude and a name.
At a glance
| Extension | .csv |
| Encoding | text |
| Invented | 1992 |
| By | Route 66 Geographic Information Systems B.V. |
History
Route 66 Geographic Information Systems B.V. was founded in 1992 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and made navigation software for PCs and PocketPC/Windows Mobile devices. The company later rebranded to General Magic (2018) and then Magic Lane Ltd. (2022); its own Route 66-branded consumer navigation app was discontinued in 2016, replaced by what is now Magic Earth. No publication date specific to the POI CSV format itself is documented beyond this history.
Where it is used
Custom POIs were placed in a "Route 66\pois" folder for the software to pick up alongside its own map and POI data — the same mechanism used by community-maintained speed-camera and point-of-interest lists for Route 66 users at the time.
Structure
A plain-text file, one point per line: longitude, latitude, then a quoted, upper-case name — for example 11.107167,49.375783,"HOLSTEINBRUCH BEI WORZELDORF B - GC13VV5".
How widespread
Tied to a discontinued, PC/PocketPC-era product line; the Route 66 brand itself no longer exists as a consumer navigation app, having been folded into Magic Earth. Files in this format today are old POI lists rather than exports from a currently-sold product.
RouteConverter support
| Reads | Route 66 POI |
| Writes | Route 66 POI |
RouteConverter reads and writes Route 66 POI files. On write, names are always converted to upper case (matching the format's own convention); on read, they are converted back to mixed case for display.