Supported Formats

RouteConverter supports more than 86 file and URL formats:

• Alan Map 500 waypoints and routes (*.wpr)
• Alan Map 500 tracks (*.trl)
• ape@map (.trk)
• Auto Onroute/Promotor Onroute (*.bcr)
• Canon NMEA (*.log)
• Columbus CSV Type 1 Standard and Professional (*.csv)
• Columbus CSV Type 2 A and B (*.csv)
• Columbus GPS Binary (*.gps)
• CompeGPS Data (.trk)
• CoPilot 6 to 8 (*.trp)
• CSV (*.csv), separated by comma- and semicolon
• EasyGPS (*.loc)
• FAI/IGC flying records (.igc)
• Falk Navigator (*.tour)
• Garmin FIT 1 and 2 (*.fit)
• Garmin Flight Plan (*.fpl)
• Garmin MapSource 5.x (*.mps)
• Garmin MapSource 6.x (*.gdb)
• Garmin PCX5 (*.wpt)
• Garmin POI (*.gpi)
• Garmin POI DataBase (*.xcsv)
• Geocaching.com (*.loc)
• GeoGrid Viewer (*.ovl)
• GeoJSON (*.json)
• Glopus (*.tk)
• Google Earth 3, 4, 4.2 (*.kml/*.kmz) with Network Link and GX Extensions
• Google Earth 5 (*.kml/*.kmz) with Network Link, GX, Track, MultiTrack and FlyTo Extensions with kilometer marks and speedbar
• Google Maps URL
• GoPal Route 3 to 7 (*.xml)
• GoPal Track 3 to 4 (*.trk)
• GPS Tuner (*.trk)
• GPX XML 1.0 (*.gpx)
• GPX XML 1.1 (*.gpx) with Garmin and trekbuddy Extensions
• groundtrack vom SondenMonitor (*.txt)
• Haicom Logger (*.csv)
• Holux M-241 Binary (*.bin)
• iBlue 747 (*.csv)
• iGO 8 Route (*.kml)
• iGO 8 Track (*.trk)
• klickTel Routenplaner 2009 (*.krt)
• Kompass (*.tk)
• Kurviger URL
• Magellan Explorist (*.trk)
• Magellan MapSend (*.wpt)
• Magellan Route (*.rte)
• MagicMaps2Go (*.txt)
• MagicMaps Project (*.ikt)
• MagicMaps Tour (*.pth)
• map&guide Intranet 2009 (*.bcr)
• map&guide Tourenplaner 2005 to 2009 (*.bcr)
• Microsoft Excel 97-2008 (*.xls)
• Microsoft Excel 2008 (*.xlsx)
• Microsoft Flightsimulator 2020 Flight Plan (.pln)
• MotoPlaner URL
• National Geographic Topo 3 to 4 (.tpo)
• Navigating POI-Warner (*.asc)
• Navigon Cruiser (*.cruiser)
• Navigon Mobile Navigator 4 to 6 (*.rte)
• Navigon Mobile Navigator 6 Favorites (*.storage)
• Navigon Mobile Navigator 7 (*.freshroute)
• Navigon Mobile Navigator 7 (*.route)
• Navigon Mobile Navigator URL (*.url) from iPhone and iPad
• Navilink (*.sbp)
• NMEA 0183 Sentences (*.nmea)
• Nokia Landmark Exchange (*.lmx)
• Opel Navi 600/900 (*.poi)
• OziExplorer Route (*.rte)
• OziExplorer Track (*.plt)
• OziExplorer Waypoint (*.wpt)
• pilsit.logpos (*.itn)
• Photo (*.jpg) in various formats
• Qstarz BT-Q1000 (*.csv)
• Route 66 POI (*.csv)
• Sony GPS-CS1 KA GPS-Tracker (*.nmea)
• Sygic POI (*.txt)
• TomTom Route 5 to 9.5 (*.itn)
• TomTom POI (*.ov2)
• Top50 OVL ASC (*.ovl)
• Tour Exchange Format (*.tef)
• Training Center Database 1 (*.tcx/*.crs/*.hst)
• Training Center Database 2 (*.tcx)
• trekbuddy (*.gpx)
• Tripmaster 1.4 to 2.5 (*.itn/*.gpx/*.kml)
• TTTracklog (*.itn)
• URL References (*.url)
• ViaMichelin (*.xvm)
• Webpage (*.html)
• Wikipedia Geohack Links
• Wintec BT-201 (*.tk1/*.tk2)
• Wintec BT-202 (*.tes)
• ZIP Archives (*.zip)

Since RouteConverter tries to read files inside of ZIP archives, files referred by URL, corrupt and broken files, the internal number of file formats is even higher: there are 115 implementations.

Formats that are read and written by gpsbabel

RouteConverter doesn’t need gpsbabel and is able to read and write the vast majority of its formats without the help of gpsbabel.

gpsbabel is used for binary and rarely formats like

• Alan Map 500 Tracklog (*.trl)
• Alan Map 500 Waypoints and Routes (*.wpr)
• FAI/IGC Flight Recorder Data (*.igc)
• Garmin MapSource 5.x (*.mps)
• Garmin MapSource 6.x (*.gdb)
• Garmin PCX5 (*.wpt)
• Garmin POI Database (*.xcsv)
• Garmin POI (*.gpi)
• Geocaching.com/EasyGPS (*.loc)
• Holux M-241 Binary (*.bin)
• iGO8 Track (*.trk)
• Magellan MapSend (*.trk)
• National Geographic Topo 3 to 4 (.tpo)
• OziExplorer Route (*.rte)
• OziExplorer Track (*.plt)
• OziExplorer Waypoint (*.wpt)
• Tom Tom POI (*.ov2)
• Tour Exchange Format (*.tef)

Overall 18 out of 115 formats in RouteConverter use gpsbabel.