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by Graham Horner
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Robert, in digest Issue 4 you asked:
"In fact, I'm wondering if it's time to remove that format from our list and two tweak the cited doc to just use KML instead. Is anybody on the list successfully using this format?"
After struggling with the js format, I have been using KML for route planning on Google maps then converting to OziExplorer. It is not straightforward. The file contains the set of waypoints describing the route, and one or more polylines with the more detailed geometry. I have to read the destination coordinates from one part of the file and paste them into another part before doing the conversion. With KML I can use a text editor to do this. Otherwise the destination doesn't plot in the right place. It is a while since I wrote the Vim scripts to do this, so I'm struggling to remember exactly what the problem was but I can send the scripts if you want. They do work, even if you have dragged your route around a bit. There is also an issue with output to the OziExplorer format, which is csv, where there are commas in the waypoint descriptions.
I'm sorry I don't understand the structure of babel's source well enough to solve the problem in C.
However, there is still a problem where you have intermediate destinations (vias). Babel will pick up the first part but not subsequent parts, in my experience. I don't have a workaround for that as I rarely use it.
What you do with the converted files is of course subject to Google's terms of service. Hope this helps.
Best
Graham
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"In fact, I'm wondering if it's time to remove that format from our list and two tweak the cited doc to just use KML instead. Is anybody on the list successfully using this format?"
After struggling with the js format, I have been using KML for route planning on Google maps then converting to OziExplorer. It is not straightforward. The file contains the set of waypoints describing the route, and one or more polylines with the more detailed geometry. I have to read the destination coordinates from one part of the file and paste them into another part before doing the conversion. With KML I can use a text editor to do this. Otherwise the destination doesn't plot in the right place. It is a while since I wrote the Vim scripts to do this, so I'm struggling to remember exactly what the problem was but I can send the scripts if you want. They do work, even if you have dragged your route around a bit. There is also an issue with output to the OziExplorer format, which is csv, where there are commas in the waypoint descriptions.
I'm sorry I don't understand the structure of babel's source well enough to solve the problem in C.
However, there is still a problem where you have intermediate destinations (vias). Babel will pick up the first part but not subsequent parts, in my experience. I don't have a workaround for that as I rarely use it.
What you do with the converted files is of course subject to Google's terms of service. Hope this helps.
Best
Graham
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